Programming languages are at the core of our profession. But we don't always give them as much credence as they deserve. The strength of Ruby lies in its heritage from a number of different languages, and a look at the history leading up to Ruby might reveal what lies in store for the future. At the moment a lot of attention is spent looking at programming languages and developers are realizing that your language is an important tool. I will talk a little bit about why languages matter, why you should know several, and what the future of languages might look like.
Present and Future of Programming Languages - ola bini
1. OLA BINI
http://olabini.com
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2. The Tao gave birth to machine
language
Machine language gave birth to
the assembler
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3. The assembler gave birth to the
compiler
Now there are ten thousand
languages
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4. Each language has its purpose,
however humble
Each language expresses the Yin
and Yang of software
Each language has its place within
the Tao
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5. But do not program in COBOL if
you can avoid it
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