Strange Loop 2010 Panel: The Future of Programming Languages

There is certainly a rise in the complexity of languages plus most software applications now require multiple languages/technologies to accomplish given functionality. In order for programming to be easier, this needs to be simplified, but (if anything) the trend is for technologies to become more complex.

Brett Miller http://www.customsoftwarebypreston.com/technologies

It was nice to see the panel advocate FORTH and x86 assembly, if only for educational value.

For an awesome panel like that, it was a pretty mediocre Q&A discussion.

Well, everybody was pretty civil and evenhanded- for example, prematurely heading off any static/dynamic debate. If you want passion and drama, you also need more people butting heads.

I liked it overall, but the moderator was really obnoxious. He kept interrupting the panelists to tell lame jokes...