Hi Pinkhas, On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:49:06 +0200 Pinkhas Nisanov <pink...@nisanov.com> wrote:
> haha, > > we are not alone, > another dying language > http://jmoses.co/2013/12/21/is-ruby-dying.html I didn't fully read the article, but it seems like the conclusion at the bottom is that Ruby is not dying. Quoting from the article: <<<< At first I am surprised. It does not appear to be slowing as I had thought. When I think more about it, it makes sense that the developers are still using gems: * The Ruby meetup groups have a devout following and strong leadership * There are several highly marketed learning resources online * Rails makes it super easy to create a web application >>>> Also regarding the title (βIs Ruby Dying?β) one should refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines . > I think we are before new era when text based > languages will be replaced by GUI based > languages. > It will be called "one finger language". > When I saw how excited were people using "talend" > I understand nothing will convince them using > more than one finger (just finger, nothing more, > even not brain). > Now it's finger on mouse, but shortly it will be > finger on touchpad. A lot of people have been saying Visual Programming (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_programming_language ) will become a viable alternative to writing code by hand for a long time now (long before the emergence of the current mobile devices), but so far it didn't happen, in part because it is faster to write code than to draw it using many mouse clicks, and in part because some things still required a certain amount of typing and coding. What makes you think this is about to change now of all times? I don't see any of the current programming languages in vogue being visual programming languages. Also see: http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/toronto-pm/2013-October/003436.html And I hope you realise that a person needs to use his brain in order to move any of their fingers, even if it is done without much conscious thought or concentration. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ My Public Domain Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/shlomif/ Chuck Norris could have built the Roman Empire in a day. And it would have taken him even less time to destroy it. β http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list Perl@perl.org.il http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
