I just read a great article in the latest issue of "Computer". Good Ideas, through the Looking Glass, by Niklaus Wirth. It's a discussion of ideas that looked good at the time, but haven't made it in the long run. A warning: this article requires an IEEE membership to view. If you can't see it, you need to join the IEEE Computer Society, at a minimum. There are other ways to see it. Your company may well have a blanket access, or you can subscribe to the IEEE Digital Library, which is a great bargain if you do any online literature searches. Really, just join, you won't regret it.