Are programmers getting too lazy for assembly?

Isn't that what assembly programmers said when people started using C?

Are programmers getting too lazy for C?

Isn't that what C programmers said when people started using Perl, Python, et al?

We are constantly evolving toward that one glorious "Tower of Babel" language, that lets us talk to the computer, in our natural language, and it will do what we want. Until that day comes, there will be many new attempts at laying the groundwork for it, all fighting and claiming that they are the best.

But as of today, I find Perl's syntax most closely reflects the way I think, and makes programming easy. (But maybe it is a sign of Perl addiction, and it is just that I'm starting to think in Perl).

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum

In reply to Re: Are programmers getting too lazy for perl? by zentara
in thread Are programmers getting too lazy for perl? by zer

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