Thither, Intentional Programming
Last April,
I wondered "Whither Intentional Programming?".
In August, I added a few
comments about Intentional Programming's relation to Aspect-Oriented Programming.
Well, it looks like the connections between AOP and IP
have now been cemented with greenbacks:
See http://intentsoft.com/corporate.html .
I quote: "Dr. Charles Simonyi, previously a Distinguished Engineer at
Microsoft Corporation, and Professor Gregor Kiczales, the leader of the
development team for AspectJ programming language at PARC"
are the founders of Intentional Software Corporation.
Simonyi was a primary force behind IP; and Kiczales' AspectJ was
the first and most accessible embodiment of AOP.
My April concern (about the Microsoft patents) still stands.
Looks like a "Heads, I Win — Tails, You Lose" situation for Microsoft:
If IP+AOP turns out not to be the big productivity booster that its proponents
think it will be, then MS "wasn't involved".
If IP+AOP does turn out to be a big productivity booster for programmers,
then MS reels it in via its patents, and buys IntentSoft or just uses the
ideas in its own version.
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