Re:Ask HN: What will programming look like in 2020?
by beagle3 on Monday December 17, 2012 @11:01AM
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C# 8 will adopt features that CommonLisp had in 1985, but not yet those that APL had in 1965. And C# programmers will rejoice in how revolutionary that is.
Java will adopt features that C# adopted in 2013. And the Java people will explain that it takes time to get it right, and you shouldn't rush to do anything.
Microsoft will EOL PlatinumDusk, which was the end-all-be-all replacement for GoldenDawn (which itself was the end-all-be-all replacement for SilverLight). This is accompanied by WDE (Widnows Display Elements), which replaces WZR which replaced WPF.
And it will be the year of Linux on the Desktop. (Though, desktops will only account for 10% of web users or "webable device" sales).
Java will adopt features that C# adopted in 2013. And the Java people will explain that it takes time to get it right, and you shouldn't rush to do anything.
Microsoft will EOL PlatinumDusk, which was the end-all-be-all replacement for GoldenDawn (which itself was the end-all-be-all replacement for SilverLight). This is accompanied by WDE (Widnows Display Elements), which replaces WZR which replaced WPF.
And it will be the year of Linux on the Desktop. (Though, desktops will only account for 10% of web users or "webable device" sales).