Subj : Re: future?
To   : comp.programming
From : adaworks
Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 02:29 am


"johny_cage" <johny_cage@wp.pl> wrote in message
news:1126081524.915432.204160@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
> I want to know, what all you think about programming languages of  future.
> Beyond 2005.
> Myself I've done few things in c++,

It probably will not be C++, at least not in its current form.  I
would not expect to be any language derived from or modeled
on C.

An odd thing about programming is that we find no problem
using tools that are error-prone (e.g., most of our programming
languages).  Yet we are constantly surprised when those
faulty tools result in errors that cause us to spend long nights
in the pursuit of the cause of those errors.

We have become so accustomed to the defects that are inherent
in our tools that we seem to believe that they are the inevitable
consequence of creating software.

Some tools exist already that are not as error-prone, but they are
not popular among programmers, so far.  For some reason, the
faulty tools seem more attractive than those that provide more
protection.

We just love debugging, I guess.


Richard Riehle

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