Re: An article in Science magazine about the future of programming languages

From: Alexandre E. Kopilovitch (aek_at_VB1162.spb.edu)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:49:12 +0300 (MSK)
To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org

Preben Randhol wrote:

>> Here is a reference:
>
>Can you give any hints what is said in the abstract/article. I cannot
>access it.

I can't access full text of the article as well (they charge $10 per article
for non-subscribers), but all abstracts are accessible there (with free
registration). So here is the abstract:

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Software and the Future of Programming Languages

Alfred V. Aho

Although software is the key enabler of the global information infrastructure,
the amount and extent of software in use in the world today are not widely
understood, nor are the programming languages and paradigms that have been
used to create the software. The vast size of the embedded base of existing
software and the increasing costs of software maintenance, poor security, and
limited functionality are posing significant challenges for the software R&D
community.

Department of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.

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Alexander Kopilovitch aek@vib.usr.pu.ru
Saint-Petersburg
Russia