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What are the Next Programming Models?

Posted by Cliff on from the code-for-the-next-generation dept.

jg21 writes "In this opinion piece, Simeon Simeonov contemplates what truly new programming models have emerged recently, and nominates two: RIAs and what he calls 'composite applications' (i.e. using Java, .NET or any other programming language). He notes that Microsoft will be trying to achieve RIAs in Avalon, but that it's late out of the gate. He also cites David Heinemeier Hansson's Ruby on Rails project as showing great promise. 'As both a technologist and an investor I'm excited about the future,' Simeonov concludes. It's a thoughtful piece, infectious in its quiet enthusiasm. But what new models are missing from his essay?"

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  1. FP by tigersha · · Score: 5, Funny

    Functional Programming, not First Post!

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  2. Or even better: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who are the next programming models?

  3. But what new models are missing from his essay? by myowntrueself · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well lets see now, programming metaphors for the modern age?

    Theres oil-oriented programming (everything is a pipeline), terror-oriented programming (everything is a suicide bomber) and dollar-oriented programming (everything has a mandatory dollar sign at the beginning), to name but a few.

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  4. Re:funny AND interesting, but yeah FP... by llamaguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Q: How do you know when you've achieved Lisp Enlightenment? A: When the parenthesis vanish.

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    HAH! I just wasted a second of your life making you read this, but I wasted a minute of mine thinking it up. DAMN.