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Originally posted by Tanga Palti:
I think thats a global phenomenon.As programmers are only responsible for creating fancy IDEs and other tools naturally you will require less number of programmers in coming future.
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I'll bet someone said something similar 20 years ago about C.
--Mark
Originally posted by Bela Bardak:
Doubt it, Mark. They probably said it about mainframes. C was a very new language in 1983. I remember seeing the K&R book displayed in a bookstore window.
What happened is that as the tools got better the ambition of users grew also. It remains to be seen whether it happens this time as well.
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Originally posted by Tanga Palti:
I think thats a global phenomenon.As programmers are only responsible for creating fancy IDEs and other tools naturally you will require less number of programmers in coming future.
What will we do with these 6 expensive programmers we've hired once all the programs have been written?
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Originally posted by Tanga Palti:
I think thats a global phenomenon.As programmers are only responsible for creating fancy IDEs and other tools naturally you will require less number of programmers in coming future.
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