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Whatever happened to programming?

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Re: Whatever happened to programming?

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My biggest gripe with modern programming is the sheer volume of arbitrary stuff I need to know. My current project has so far required me to know about Python, Django, Google App Engine and it's datastore, XHTML, CSS, JQuery, Javascript, JSON, and a clutch of XML schema, APIs and the like. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for all of it, but it just doesn't seem like what I was promised when I followed SICP for the fi…

Someone who likes invent wheels, go ahead, may be u are the creator of next tool or framework. Someone who likes stack wood, come on, u should be happy for so many woods in the library of computer treasure. Whatever you choose, happy programming is most important.

Re: Whatever happened to programming?

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What happened is the we finally hit "the dream" of building software out of large building blocks instead of having to reinvent screws and bolts for every project. The lack of fun is, in my opinion, a side effect of using weak languages that force us to write boilerplate and ceremony along with using half-baked non-Turning complete XML languages (don't forget the "L" in "XML" stands for "language").

"screws and bolts... non-Turning (sic) complete" Pun intended?

Heh... Pun not intended; just typing too fast.
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