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bryanrasmussen • today at 6:01 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

how many times in the history of computer programming has there been an end to computer programming as we know it, successfully, and how many times predicted?

I can think of one successfully, off hand, although you could probably convince me there was more than one.

the principle phrase being "as we know it", since that implies a large scale change to how it works but it continues afterwards, altered.

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mech422 • today at 6:17 AM

Off the top of my head, I can think of the following during my career:

   1. COBOL (we actually did still use it back in the 80s)

   2.AI back in the 80s (Dr. Dobbs was all concerned about it ...)

   3. RAD

   4. No-Code

   5. Off-shoring

   6. Web 2.0

   7. Web 3.0

   8. possibly the ADA/provably correct push depending on your area of programming
TBH - I think the AI's are nice tools, but they got a long way to go before it's the 'end of computer programming as we know it'

edit: formatting

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fweimer • today at 7:55 AM

What's the one successful one? Visicalc?