Non-Programmers Suck at Solving Problems
Paul E. Davis brings us this insight into why “non-programmer” languages like COBOL and BASIC don’t get the respect they deserve…
I find it interesting that languages designed for non-programmers always result in and epic fail. The two most well know examples are COBOL and Visual Basic. While the languages themselves took off, you rarely hear anything good said about either.
…
Language for non-programmers fail beacuse, they miss the point. The hard part of programming is NOT the language. The hard part of programming is solving problems. The programming language is just the tool we use to express the solution. Anybody can learn just about anybody programming language. Not everybody can use it to solve problems.
The Paradox of Programming Languages
Leave a Reply