depending on what you mean by "most applications", that's been the case for 20+ years. that said, compilers can't "take care" of a lot of things; and either wa

depending on what you mean by "most applications", that's been the case for 20+ years. that said, compilers can't "take care" of a lot of things; and either way, people are still needed to develop and maintain those compilers. there will also always be software that has significant performance requirements, and opportunities to write higher performing software than competitors.