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Big questions
So, I've been (re)reading Hamming /The Are of Doing Science and Engineering/, which includes the famous talk "you and your research". That's the one where he recommends thinking about the big questions in your field. So here's one that we haven't talked about in awhile.
It seems clear that more and more things are being automated, machine learning is improving, systems are becoming harder to tinker with, and so on. So for how long are we going to be programming in ways similar to those we are used to, which have been with us essentially since the dawn of computing? Clearly, some people will be programming as long as there are computers. But is the number of people churning code going to remain significant? In five years - of course. Ten? Most likely. Fifteen - I am not so sure. Twenty? I have no idea.
One thing I am sure of: as long as programming remains something many people do, there will be debates about static type checking. Update: To put this in perspective - LtU turned fifteen last month. Wow. Update 2: Take the poll!
By Ehud Lamm at 2015-08-17 19:38 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 21236 reads
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