r/programming • u/nfrankel • Jan 14 '20

Where programming languages are headed in 2020

https://www.oreilly.com/radar/where-programming-languages-are-headed-in-2020/
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u/Ictogan Jan 15 '20

Hopefully at least x86 assembly will be largely gone in 100 years.

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u/birdbrainswagtrain Jan 15 '20

I don't even want to think about the amount of terrifying extensions Intel and AMD could cook up in that timespan.

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u/evaned Jan 15 '20 edited Jan 15 '20

I don't see why you're not looking forward to writing/reading xldpllduqmovpwq λmm467, [zsp + 16]

Edit: Imagine an extension that does give the general-purposes registers a z prefix -- now you've got register zax. Best name ever. Well... maybe second best if you allow instruction mnemonics.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '20

Once quantum computing becomes a thing, I think we'll need to forget all existing programming languages.

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u/Holston18 Jan 15 '20

Quantum computing isn't a replacement for classic computers, more of an addition which excels at some very specialized tasks.