@inproceedings{fraser2015the, author = {Fraser, Steven D. and Bak, Lars and DeLIne, Robert and Feamster, Nick and Kuper, Lindsey and Lopes, Cristina V. and Wu, Peng}, title = {The Future of Programming Languages and Programmers}, booktitle = {SPLASH Companion 2015 Companion Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity}, year = {2015}, month = {October}, abstract = {In the beginning “programs” were patterns of bits that commanded the execution of individual machines. As machines evolved in complexity – languages evolved, starting with a variety of assembly languages and growing to encompass higher levels of abstraction. Over the years – somewhat surprisingly – programmers evolved from engineers at the pinnacle of their profession with many years of experience to individuals not yet 10 years old giving evidence that programming does not necessarily require a formal education. This panel will bring together a diverse set of industry and academic professionals to discuss the future of programming languages and programmers.}, publisher = {ACM}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/future-programming-languages-programmers/}, pages = {63-66}, isbn = {978-1-4503-3722-9}, edition = {SPLASH Companion 2015 Companion Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications: Software for Humanity}, }