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Programming
As I understand it enrollment levels for programming courses at colleges and universities have taken a nose dive. Computer programming, not long ago one of the most over-subscribed subjects, is now struggling to compete. Is the industry itself partially to blame?
Do programming languages have a shelf life, beyond which they cannot survive? Does adding complexity to a language shorten its life? When is it time to stop evolving, and start re-designing?
What are the moral dilemmas of killing someone just because they are too stupid to be using a computer? (Joke!)
The debate about the old Java 5 and new Java 7 language features is an interesting one. And perfectly valid too. But I want to take a step back, and discuss the apparent overheated language-versus-language environment in which it is being conducted.
