In Summary:
Each successive generation of
programming language takes the
user farther from the language of the computer. The advantage to this is that the user requires less training and works in a
more intuitive environment
with the higher-level languages. The higher languages can be more powerful
because of this. However, the trade off is in terms of speed
of execution and
ability to directly manipulate the computer. In the future, it is possible that many
users will program in
environments where the interface is WYSIWYG
and the computer writes the program itself.