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They were when we called them 4GLs.

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mr-ron1mo ago

You mean things like Ruby, Python, Java, SQL that are ubiquitous today?

Yeah but the hype was that the user would become the programmer and programmers wouldn’t be needed anymore.

mr-ron1mo ago

Well theres a lot less assembly workers, and that tech is now everywhere. Seems like exactly what will happen with AI

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0 pointscsixty41mo ago0 comments

They were when we called them 4GLs.

mr-ron1mo ago

You mean things like Ruby, Python, Java, SQL that are ubiquitous today?

Yeah but the hype was that the user would become the programmer and programmers wouldn’t be needed anymore.

mr-ron1mo ago

Well theres a lot less assembly workers, and that tech is now everywhere. Seems like exactly what will happen with AI

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse