<melvster> tantek: ted nelson invented hypertext, tim just added global variables ... in timbls words, 'when you add global variables to some programming languages they fall apart, when you add them to hypertext, you get The Web.' -- this was the great insight, especially as every computer scientist is taught globals are bad
<melvster> global variables == URLs
—indiewebcamp.com/irc
#web #url #hypertext
> <melvster> tantek: ted nelson invented hypertext, tim just added global variables ... in timbls words, 'when you add global variables to some programming languages they fall apart, when you add them to hypertext, you get The Web.' -- this was the great insight, especially as every computer scientist is taught globals are bad
> <melvster> global variables == URLs
> —[indiewebcamp.com/irc](http://indiewebcamp.com/irc/2013-07-03/line/1372841352)
#web #url #hypertext
