Tim Cook wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Why has programming language development been functionally stalled for 
>> 30 years?
> 
> Because the current environment is well-suited to survival in its 
> current form?

Really??

> Why the societal fascination with, nay, *demand* for 'new and improved'? 

Because I program for a living, and 99% of the time it's tedious, error 
prone, and suckful.  And the hardware hasn't stopped improving. But I'm 
still using the same programming techniques I used on my 2MHz sparkstation 
with 4Meg of RAM.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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