Dylan BeattieJan 2, 2023

Thought Leaders: "Programming will be obsolete within 5 years. All business software will be generated by AIs"

Actual Businesses: "actually we're mainly still on-premise, running on Windows Server 2003 and VBScript ASP, but our two-year plan to migrate everything into a cloud kicked off in 2015 and we're making steady progress."

Show threadMirrors And StuffJan 2, 2023

@dylanbeattie "no one will be coding in C in 2023."

I'd laugh but I'm also going to cry a bit.

Show threadPapa Porkey (He/Him)Jan 2, 2023
@mirrorsandstuff @dylanbeattie It's really funny that you mention this. I'm a student applying for internships and had one company call back asking if I knew Fortran. If it exists, it will never die.
Show threadPierce Nichols, Yak Barber
@papaPorkey @mirrorsandstuff @dylanbeattie AFAICT, Algol-68 is well and truly dead.
Jan 2, 2023 at 10:04pmWeb