Why the Next Five Years Will Be About Languages

This conference talk from GeeCON 2024 explores the upcoming renaissance in programming language innovation. Discover why the next five years will focus on language development, driven by factors including multi-core CPU requirements, challenges in mapping user requirements to general-purpose languages, the rise of language-agnostic virtual machines, limitations in current object-oriented languages, and the productivity benefits of dynamically-typed languages. Learn what practicing programmers need to do to stay at the forefront of this new wave in computer science rather than trailing behind these important developments.