the ivory tower

[miriam_e]

I've become disappointed with the increasing fascination for making languages less user-friendly with strict type-casting and very steep learning curves. More than 20 years have passed since we were promised fifth-generation languages that would ease the task of programming by having the computer understand the way we think about problems. Instead "experts" openly sneer at easy-to-use languages, and becoming a programmer is now, more than ever, a matter of lengthy training for a closed and obscure priesthood.

[sigh]

Comments

[guyminuslife.livejournal.com]

I would not consider your monologue boring at all. Quite the opposite. So we both underestimate ourselves.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

:)
Touché