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Most programming languages in use today derive from Fortran or Lisp, both created in the 1950s.
Their wordsPretty much any programming language used today is a derivative of Fortran or Lisp, both born in the 1950s.
Their wordsprofessional and hobbyist programmers alike all use the same tools as we did 60 years ago - one-dimensional, sequential plain text.
Their wordsThe field of programming need to see a renaissance in fundamental reinvention, just as it did in the 1950s when programming machines using levers and buttons was replaced by programming machines using textual sequences of computer commands.