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None of them have faded. Cobol? Seriously, there are probably more Cobol programmers than there are Python programmers. And C? Most of the world runs on C, an
by kamaal 9y ago
None of them have faded.
Cobol? Seriously, there are probably more Cobol programmers than there are Python programmers.
And C? Most of the world runs on C, and its irreplaceable language in a non desktop computer.
And you will be surprised how much Perl code is written everyday.
The root comment is talking about the fad of the year, the kind of a language web devs use as flavor of the year. The current ones are Javascript frameworks. In this case the 'fade' is just the web framework, that probably has less mind share and open source dev contributions.
- vesak 9y agoYeah, when I wrote the comment, I kinda guessed that people would point out the zombie-like state of living for these languages. That's only barely being alive, though, and very much faded. (I did have C in there but edited it out. I don't think that's a dead language yet.)
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoBut isn't Lisp almost as zombie-like as Perl or COBOL? (4GL I'll probably give you...)
- vesak 9y agoWell, yes :) And 4GL languages are actively being used to create new business, so who knows what's dead and what's not. Perhaps the whole programming field is just a bunch of undead things. Sometimes a bunch of living things stumble upon the field, but they're soon infected...
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- jhomedall 9y agoThere are several implementations of Common Lisp that are still being actively developed. Because Common Lisp is so easily extended, the ossification of the standard is actually a good thing. The stability of the standard means that code written 30 years ago will still work today. Feature updates aren't required, because any desired feature can be implemented in macros and imported as a library.