Writing in a programming language. Hand coding in assembly language or in a third-generation language, such as C or Java, is the traditional way programs have been developed. In contrast, visual ...

Despite all the tools and platforms available for integration, hand-coding is still rife in enterprises. Is this a bad thing? Loraine Lawson says maybe it is, maybe it isn't -- and observes that a lot ...

The development has sparked a commentary about the end of handwritten code while igniting serious debate about what the future of engineering will look like.