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The Hundred-Year Language

Posted by michael on from the probably-C dept.

dtolton writes "Paul Graham has a new article called "The Hundred-Year Language" posted. The article is about the programming languages of the future and what form they may take. He makes some interesting predictions about the rate of change we might expect in programming languages over the next 100 years. He also makes some persuasive points about the possible design and construction of those languages. The article is definitely worth a read for those interested in programming languages."

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  1. Re:CLIT FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You do the CLIT proud, sir. The founder of the CLIT is indeed still watching, and waiting for the right moment to reveal himself again.

  2. Java & Cobol. by BoomerSooner · · Score: -1, Troll

    What do they have in common? A dead end job.

    Actually I think the main problem with java is the JFC implementation. It's so painful to work with my company has switched to C++ classes on the back end and GTK/MFC/ObjC-Cocoa for the front ends (Linux/Windows/Mac respectively).

    I find this is the only way to be certain our software will work as desired on all platforms and conform to the users expectation of how it should opperate.

    Granted you can use gjc or java in cocoa but it doesn't seem to be as viable a solution as just using C++ Classes and a custom front end.

  3. 100 years? by electricthought · · Score: 0, Troll

    In 100 years Microsoft might finish securing their OS. The most stupid article I have ever read! knowing what you don't know is a true sign of intelligence