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Programming is futuristic. It's just that we can always imagine a better future -- and that's what makes programming so awesome. It enables us to build that f

by maxk42 13y ago

Programming is futuristic. It's just that we can always imagine a better future -- and that's what makes programming so awesome. It enables us to build that future. But if you compare Ruby or Clojure to Forth or COBOL, there's no way you can't see how far we've come. And there's no end of improvement in sight.

squidsoup 13y ago
Alternatively you could compare Ruby to SML and appreciate how far we've regressed.
- pkroll 13y ago
  Comparing, and... nope. They were both developed within a few years of each other, and are from different paradigms, so regression seems like a cheap dig, but not an accurate one.
  - squidsoup 13y ago
    No, ML was standardised in the 90s, but developed in the early 70s.