Comment Creativity (Score 1) 578
Creativity is not limited to people who have the skills needed to bring their dreams to reality.
Low level programming languages stop many creative people from bringing their ideas to the computer.
High level languages like Revolution allow more people to create their own software, whether it is single-use utilities, applications for personal use only or commercial applications.
But this is always how technology develops: the pioneers have to do everything the hard way, then those of us who follow behind can use their tools to make things easier and easier. Of course the people who have invested in learning how to do things the hard way feel resentful of the newcomers who seem to be getting so much for free, but progress cannot be halted and when easier ways exist, why should we insist that people learn to do things in any way that is more difficult than the task requires. On that basis, programs should only be written in machine code, not this new-fangled assembler :-)
But this is always how technology develops: the pioneers have to do everything the hard way, then those of us who follow behind can use their tools to make things easier and easier. Of course the people who have invested in learning how to do things the hard way feel resentful of the newcomers who seem to be getting so much for free, but progress cannot be halted and when easier ways exist, why should we insist that people learn to do things in any way that is more difficult than the task requires. On that basis, programs should only be written in machine code, not this new-fangled assembler
