> Why are people still debating syntax when programming by example is clearly the future? In your opinion, why is it clearly the future? From the abstract of

> Why are people still debating syntax when programming by example is clearly the future? In your opinion, why is it clearly the future? From the abstract of a paper about this topic [0]: "Programming by Examples (PBE) has the potential to revolutionize enduser programming by enabling end users, most of whom are non-programmers, to create scripts for automating repetitive tasks. " Most of the professional programming I've done has been solving (relatively) unique problems, not automating repetitive tasks. While automating repetitive tasks is a great use-case for programming, I don't think that's enough to call it the future of all programming. [0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/pbe16.pdf https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/...