I think the point is we still for the most part code imperatively.
Some people thought we'd be more declarative by now ("I'm sorry Dave,
I can't do that")On Jul 10, 6:04 pm, jitesh dundas <jbdun...@gmail.com> wrote: > I beg to disagree on this one. > > I have seen that the amount of code that we have written till date has grown > to a big amount. As people keep writing the same software again an again, we > are coming up with libraries that are reducing the LOCs that we use. > > Moreover, have you thought of third-party libraries that allow us to make > calls to common functions. for e,g, HTTP EMail CLient commons library of > Apache reduces the LOCs that we write. > > I think the problem is with us and the way we write. The resources for > reducing the efforts in coding are reducing day by day. It is only our > refusal to use them that is making us shape such opinions. > > Thanks, > jd > > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Vince O'Sullivan > <vjosulli...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > I was at uni in the early 1980s. During one coding lecture the > > lecturer turned around and said "I don't know why you lot are so > > concerned with learning this stuff anyway. Within ten years nobody > > will be coding anymore because the computer will be doing it all for > > you. > > > As it turned out, the activities and productivity of an average Java, > > Scala (or any other language) progammer now are more or less identical > > to those of an average COBOL programmer thirty years or forty years > > ago. > > > Whilst the hardware is faster and we have the Internet the only > > progress in coding languages seems to be more succinct syntax but > > we're we're still coding much the same stuff in much the same way as a > > generation ago. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
