[smallsharptools]

@Animats, this is very true. Many only want to use languages which are considered easy. Ruby and Swift are examples of the easier languages which allow developers to avoid issues like memory allocation bugs. I do find that the side effect of using simple languages, relying heavily on frameworks and easy to use dependencies leads to complex applications which the developer does not really understand. The extreme example is a WordPress site which is slow or buggy and the "developer" who put it together does not know why much less appreciate what is going on in the MySQL database. I wonder how many developers are even capable of doing this low level work in relation to the total number of people who call themselves developers.

[ForHackernews]

Real programmers don't call themselves "developers" and they don't use Pascal: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/real.programmers.html

[smallsharptools]

I love that. From 1983 no less. It is basically the same sort of rant/argument you hear today. I will be sharing it with the undergrads I know.