In which modern language/environment/framework is programming a joy?
asciilifeform: > In which modern language/environment/framework is programming a joy?None of them.http://www.loper-os.org/?p=16http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/64g7p/old_basic...The disease is systemic. It pervades all modern computing systems. The name of the disease is ratcheting accidental complexity. The only cure is a from-bare-silicon reboot of all of computing.> On the contrary, programming seems to become more frustrating as it advancesThis is because it is not actually advancing. Incompetently and half-heartedly cribbing feature after feature from Common Lisp is not advancement.> Am I missing something that can bring back my early joy or discoveryWhat you are missing is (was?) very real. There once was a time when computer technology was actually advancing in meaningful, qualitative ways. And when the future seemed alive with infinite possibilities. Don't let anyone convince you that all of it never existed.