When code no longer matters
The next step was an interpreter for languages like the JVM’s bytecode and.NET’s Common Intermediate Language (CIL). These took the human languages and converted them to a language that can be run or executed anywhere. As I’ve argued before, the abstractions never end.
The next step was an interpreter for languages like the JVM’s bytecode and.NET’s Common Intermediate Language (CIL). These took the human languages and converted them to a language that can be run or executed anywhere.
As I’ve argued before, the abstractions never end. But only a chosen few bother to actually learn bytecode or CIL.
What Happened
No one chooses that as a development language. It’s meant to be written by a compiler and read by an interpreter.
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Key Details
Today, with AI, we code in Markdown and plain old English. The “intermediate language” now is the actual code — TypeScript, Python, Rust, etc.
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We’ll measure code by “does it work or not?” And if that is the case, then code won’t matter at all anymore.
Why It Matters
We’ve added a layer that makes it even easier to communicate our requirements directly to the metal of our computers. And just as no one actually writes IL, it won’t be long before none of us is writing TypeScript, Python, or Rust.
But when agents have their own language, their own output, then we won’t need the knowledge of what “good code” is anymore.
The worry is that we don’t need junior developers anymore, and thus we won’t have senior developers in the future.
What Reports Say
Coverage of the story so far points to:
Continued reporting by InfoWorld as more details emerge
