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Some Doofus wrote: by almost anyone with only a little technical know-how
Hasn't that been true for decades now? Since the first PCs started coming out? With BASIC built right in? Then Turbo Pascal et al soon thereafter.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Hasn't that been true for decades now?
Yes, computers with a user-friendly FORTRAN interface. Somewhen in the 1950ies, that was the idea for the future of computers.
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Yes, but who could go out and buy one for their home?
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Quote: The advent of the citizen developer
Yeah, this have ensured me a very well paid job for years and not likely to change soon.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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Hi,
I get a good salary because I cope with citizen developer requests for business.
In practice, I just deal with theses situations:
- the conditions description is non Boolean.
- the conditions are self contradictory.
- Sometimes the request (as described) involve some magic powers (fortunately I am black belt Jedi).
I guess I still have many years of good job before they come with a simplified language that address these problems.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
modified 11-Nov-15 15:32pm.
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The enterprise platform again tops both the Tiobe and PyPL indexes thanks to changes that close the gap with functional programming languages. Assembly is #11 on that list?
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Faster, smarter programming, with fewer bugs. Those are the promises coming from the creators of the latest round of languages to capture the attention of programmers. "Future events such as these will affect you in the future."
Ignoring that two of them are hardware platforms, and one is just a CSS-preprocessor.
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Terrible, terrible, terrible, ... article. If those languages define the future of coding, we are doomed. Nevertheless, I agree: "Its a real highlight that Java 8 got lambda expressions." Forget about Rust, Julia, F#! 
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I came here just to say that! 
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Some Doofus wrote: That's why D is being built
Is being built?  It has been out for like ten years now; it's almost old now.
I have dabbled with it, I even have some D files dated 2003-11-07. In the end, I chose to stick with C#; it does what I need.
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CEO Satya Nadella says his company is all about finding new ways for tech to interact with people. Would this mean less swearing?
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He has already comprehensively redefined how I use computers - now mostly as a paperweight and occasionally as a charger for my mobile phone.
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Earlier this year, Google announced that it would still support Chrome on Windows XP through the end of 2015. Google also announced today, Windows Vista and Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8. will also no longer be supported “since these platforms are no longer actively supported by Microsoft and Apple.” OK, now it's time to upgrade (to Weven)
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Linux users still rule! 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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In the underworld. 
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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For anyone wondering why Vista will be losing support at the same time as XP: About a year ago the number of people testing pre-release builds on Vista fell too low to reliably catch bugs in that build; as a result Google stopped doing a Vista specific build and has been just giving Vista users the XP build instead.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Sony has announced that it will stop selling Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. Beta what's that?
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Surprised that was not already abandoned 25 years ago..
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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More information about Microsoft's once-secret Midori operating system project is coming to light thanks to some of the now-dispersed team members. Too many Electric Popsicles, not enough code
This isn't all the great news though: "although we started with C# and .NET, we were forced to radically depart in the name of security, reliability, and performance"
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Want to see this on GitHub.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook believes that the iPad Pro spells the end of the line for the PC. Because I have work to do?
The end of the PC happens almost as often as the Year of Linux
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Because iPad pro's don't run development tools.
i cri evry tiem
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Maybe he isnt fully right, but the iPad pro is a real "monster".
I hope I get one 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Nearly as good as a Surface Pro, but not a patch on the Surface Book.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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