This piece is hard to evaluate: it seems more like an expression of hope or a manifesto than something I can engage with. It argues that the idea that there is

This piece is hard to evaluate: it seems more like an expression of hope or a manifesto than something I can engage with. It argues that the idea that there is an ineleminable imperative core in our programming model is just an assumption today, and I agree. But that doesn’t mean it’s right or wrong, just that we have to wait to prove or disprove that assumption. People should keep trying to disprove it, but I can’t fault the majority of developers for continuing to take it as an assumption.