February 2008 - Posts

• Succeeding as a programming language

  In my last post I speculated that we can infer from history that a necessary precondition for toppling our existing programming language champions is that there should be a significant expansion in computing. A number of reasons come to mind why this Read More... Posted Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:46 AM by hermanventer | 1 Comments

• Will there be a new champion programming language in the next decade?

  I hope so. If history is anything to go by it seems inevitable. I have been in the computing field since the mid seventies, mostly in an academic/research/advanced developement context. I've have used many programming languages over the years, but some Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:03 AM by hermanventer | 1 Comments