Yeah you're probably right about the fickle people being far more vocal than the ones just using the same language.
I'm not convinced languages are really something that need constant improvement and evolution though. There's a lot to be said for all generally using the same language over a long period of time. I'd say that's more important than which particular language it is.
A language exists to communicate ideas. Obviously you don't want a language that is ambiguous, or overly verbose. You also want a language that can express most ideas you want to express in a simple way.
But IMHO, that's been achieved already - several times over. If we never improved any computer language, and just continued using the ones we have, we'd still be able to express the ideas we have in them.
I agree @ 25 years. Further than that, maybe we won't use any programming languages at all. Who knows.
I'm not convinced languages are really something that need constant improvement and evolution though. There's a lot to be said for all generally using the same language over a long period of time. I'd say that's more important than which particular language it is.
A language exists to communicate ideas. Obviously you don't want a language that is ambiguous, or overly verbose. You also want a language that can express most ideas you want to express in a simple way.
But IMHO, that's been achieved already - several times over. If we never improved any computer language, and just continued using the ones we have, we'd still be able to express the ideas we have in them.
I agree @ 25 years. Further than that, maybe we won't use any programming languages at all. Who knows.