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When you consider how truly distant into the future -- in technological time frame -- 2100 is, you can wonder if Unix will even be around at that time. 2100 is
by hellofunk 10y ago
When you consider how truly distant into the future -- in technological time frame -- 2100 is, you can wonder if Unix will even be around at that time. 2100 is double the lifetime of Unix from now.
- dmytroi 10y agoC already survived 44 years, so only 84 to go :)
- bprieto 10y agoNassim Nicholas Taleb has an interesting point that for human creations the expected lifespan is the same as their previous life[1]. If a book is read 10 years after it's published, you can expect that it will be read for another 10 years. So for C this would be 44 more years from now, but it gets another extra year for every year it survives, so it isn't far fetched to think C will be around in 2100. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect