Ask HN: What software technologies will still be around 20 years from now?

Re:Ask HN: What software technologies will still be around 2... by frompdx on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @12:21PM (#23988499)

All of these are just guesses.

Niche stuff:

- Lisp, in some form or another will continue to exist.

- Forth will continue to exist because it is possible for a single person to revive it.

Common stuff:

- vi/vim will live on. I will stop typing if it doesn't.

- JavaScript is probably here to stay.

- Java seems like a safe bet for longevity.

- Spreadsheets. Maybe not Excel, but spreadsheets will live on.

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Re:Ask HN: What software technologies will still be around 2... by bookshelf11 on Thursday July 30, 2020 @10:51PM (#24005189)

Spreadsheets is a really interesting one here. I'm extremely curious to see how No Code tools can be used in corporate environments to replace more advanced spreadsheet-driven workflows.

I don't think they're going away either, but I think there's a lot of value to be unlocked by teaching non-developers how to build basic applications to support their business processes.

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Re:Ask HN: What software technologies will still be around 2... by muzani on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @10:21PM (#23993752)

5 years ago I would have bet on Lisp being replaced by JS. JS has a lot of advanced features, especially for functional programming, but nobody really uses it that way in production or teaches it that way.

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