Do we need programming languages?.
You may think that the answer is no.
But, if you go by the recent trend you may need to change your mind.
Why is Google working two (GO, DART) new programming languages?
Why has IBM (X10), Cray (Chapel) and Red Hat (Ceylon) working on creating a new programming language of its own?.
Why have the attendees of the QCon London have selected 5 (HTML5, DART, Scala, Clojure, Node.js) new languages as the most important software development trends for 2012?
What does Neil McAllister mean when he says that these 10 (DART, Ceylon, GO, F#, OPA, Fantom, Zimbu, X10, Haxe, Chapel) programming languages that could shake up IT?
Are new programming languages getting created just to satisfy the creative urge of somebody or has the technology evolution created the need for new way of programming and hence these new languages?
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