VPRI's STEPS was a great research project in this direction https://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=229 https://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=229 https://www.hackerne

VPRI's STEPS was a great research project in this direction https://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=229 https://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=229 https://www.hackernewspapers.com/2017/1146-steps-toward-the-reinvention-of-programming-final-report-2012/ https://www.hackernewspapers.com/2017/1146-steps-toward-the-... But, then they published their final report.. did other stuff for a while... announced they brought together a great team with a long-term funding... and they've been doing... something? Nine years now and I haven't heard of any more progress on this front.