Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
Programming

Whatever Happened To Programming? 623

Mirk writes "In a recent interview, Don Knuth wrote: 'The way a lot of programming goes today isn't any fun because it's just plugging in magic incantations — combine somebody else's software and start it up.' The Reinvigorated Programmer laments how much of our 'programming' time is spent pasting not-quite-compatible libraries together and patching around the edges." This 3-day-old article has sparked lively discussions at Reddit and at Hacker News, and the author has responded with a followup and summation.

Comment Re:Not always a great idea (Score 1) 628

If you want to write software to make money you have to provide something people want.

Figuring out what people want requires doing market research in the US.

Assuming that a software company in india can do that kind of research 100% remotely (without people here in the US); they'd have to raise funds to start their own company. India's Venture Community is not quite as well developed as the US. And the banking/financing system is not as well developed, so obtaining loans from "1st Bank of Bangalore" might be an issue.

Now, assuming that they have an idea, they have the money to start the company, and they've got the product... they STILL need to come to the US and market and sell that product to the firms in the US.

So the strange thing is it still requires workers in the US, and some level of US production. Consider, while the Japanese back in the 80s produced autos and imported them--- after a while, they needed to move sales, marketing, and manufacturing to the US to ensure that what they were making addressed US needs.

Slashdot Top Deals

Truth is free, but information costs.

Working...