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Re:Resigning from the Haskell Platform by kqr on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @04:23AM (#10385518)
But it does give a strong hint. I personally don't prophesise somethings demise in a shorter timespan into the future than it has existed for. I find that to be a good rule of thumb.

High-level programming has been around for 50ish years, so we probably won't get rid of it for at least another 50.

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Re:Resigning from the Haskell Platform by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @04:28AM (#10385531)
It is a heuristic that assumes no disruption. If someone figured out how to approach human-level intelligence in the next 30 years, then programming will die then. Are we certain? No. But it is a definite possibility. There is also a possibility of a cybernetic hybrid between programming and machine learning that also doesn't really resemble today or yesterday's HLLs.
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