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10 Forces Guiding the Future of Scripting

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the blur-the-line dept.

snydeq writes "InfoWorld examines the platforms and passions underlying today's popular dynamic languages, and though JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Groovy, and other scripting tools are fast achieving the critical mass necessary to flourish into the future, 10 forces in particular appear to be driving the evolution of this development domain. From the cooption of successful ideas across languages, to the infusion of application development into applications that are fast evolving beyond their traditional purpose, to the rise of frameworks, the cloud, and amateur code enablers, each will have a profound effect on the future of today's dynamic development tools."

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  1. Re:10 forces? by DiegoBravo · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sadly I agree; from the article:

    BEGIN-ARTICLE-EXCERPT
    Rob Malda, one of the founders of Slashdot, says that he chose Perl for... ...All languages can handle the obvious things nice enough now."

    ... This is a nice, politically neutral statement, but it doesn't solve the problem that in many shops, there must be only one Highlander. Only a kindergarten teacher would smile and say that all are equally good.
    END-OF-EXCERPT
    (bold mine)

    The writer comes from that group of people that argues that X is the best programming language, because "obviously" there must be a best programing language for whatever reason. Maybe editors should return to Kindergarten before submitting this kind of "article".