1910s beginning of automation
 1920s beginning of expansion
 1930s beginning of dependence
 1940s beginning of von Neuman machines
 1950s rise of the machines
 1960s rise of the languages and methods
 1970s death of the mainframe
 1980s age of the personal computer
 1990s age of the Internet and new methods
 2000s retrenchment" - Meaning and context.">
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Sheet 43/56
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How We Got Here
 1910s beginning of automation
 1920s beginning of expansion
 1930s beginning of dependence
 1940s beginning of von Neuman machines
 1950s rise of the machines
 1960s rise of the languages and methods
 1970s death of the mainframe
 1980s age of the personal computer
 1990s age of the Internet and new methods
 2000s retrenchment

— Grady Booch

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "How We Got Here
 1910s beginning of automation
 1920s beginning of expansion
 1930s beginning of dependence
 1940s beginning of von Neuman machines
 1950s rise of the machines
 1960s rise of the languages and methods
 1970s death of the mainframe
 1980s age of the personal computer
 1990s age of the Internet and new methods
 2000s retrenchment" in the context of "Sheet 43/56" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Grady Booch

About Grady Booch

Grady Booch (born February 27, 1955) is an American software engineer. Booch is best known for developing the Unified Modeling Language with Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh.