LostXOR to Programmer Humor • 10 days agoThe best love letters are written in C (apologies to the Rust fans)fedia.ioimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down15
arrow-up1217arrow-down1imageThe best love letters are written in C (apologies to the Rust fans)fedia.ioLostXOR to Programmer Humor • 10 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-square@0x0link6•8 days ago at some point it’s going to be an obsolete language. Yeah, COBOL went the way of the dodo too.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-27 days agoExactly. COBOL still gets used in legacy stuff, but at this point you’d have to be either insane or a historical re-enactor to build something new in it. I’ve used C more than anything else, for reference.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 days agoI really want to build and learn to use a medieval-style pole lathe.
Yeah, COBOL went the way of the dodo too.
Exactly. COBOL still gets used in legacy stuff, but at this point you’d have to be either insane or a historical re-enactor to build something new in it.
I’ve used C more than anything else, for reference.
COBOL is on my to-learn list…
I really want to build and learn to use a medieval-style pole lathe.