I think this video is an excellent watch for anyone doing any kind of programming. It discusses past about programming languages, what are the current trends of programming and a reasonable estimate of what we can expect in the future :) .

Anders discusses how various languages are becoming more and more “multiple paradigm” and borrowing features from each other. He gives examples of how static languages like C# are borrowing from dynamic languages like javascript and how dynamic languages are borrowing features from static languages.

He points out that current general purpose languages like C# and Java etc are more declarative on “how” rather than “what”. Over time he thinks, languages will be much more smarter and we will be able to tell them “what” to do and they will do it in smarter way. Obviously this pointer goes to DSLs in general :).

It is a sheer fun to listen to Anders. That is 1 hour pretty well spent . Anyone having anything to do with C#, it’s a must watch.