This 'Philosopher's Stone' of computing rears its ugly head every five to 10 years. In my lifetime, I first saw it back in the late 1970s. In the words of the

This 'Philosopher's Stone' of computing rears its ugly head every five to 10 years. In my lifetime, I first saw it back in the late 1970s. In the words of the old saying: "There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch". Programming and programmers aren't going anywhere any time soon.