nifty to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 9 months agoEvery language has its nichelemmy.worldimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1963
arrow-up1963imageEvery language has its nichelemmy.worldnifty to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 9 months agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareCodexlinkfedilink3•9 months ago the last generation to write FORTRAN runs to look out window My God is the sun turning into a red giant?! Oh no, whew, that’s a relief! Guess the FORTRAN programmers will be relevant for a little longer too then. (As a .NET dev, I wish some languages (or versions of languages) would die but i really think once code has been written it never goes away!)
minus-squareCosmic Clericlinkfedilink1•9 months ago[COBOL has entered the chat.] Capitalism will never let a programming language die, if it’s still less expensive than an alternative.
runs to look out window
My God is the sun turning into a red giant?!
Oh no, whew, that’s a relief! Guess the FORTRAN programmers will be relevant for a little longer too then.
(As a .NET dev, I wish some languages (or versions of languages) would die but i really think once code has been written it never goes away!)
[COBOL has entered the chat.]
Capitalism will never let a programming language die, if it’s still less expensive than an alternative.