Exactly this. Even previous to that, we were told Lisp and Rapid Prototyping would end programming languages like C. And yet C is still here, although it looks

Exactly this. Even previous to that, we were told Lisp and Rapid Prototyping would end programming languages like C. And yet C is still here, although it looks quite different and has branched out a whole lot. And Lisp is still here, but has nowhere near the legs even if it is so much nicer to work with. Programming line-by-line is still the de facto way to go even though Rapid Prototyping folks said it would not be.