> I've heard that since I started my career in the early 90s and it's always interesting to compare what reasons people give why low-level languages are going t

> I've heard that since I started my career in the early 90s and it's always interesting to compare what reasons people give why low-level languages are going to go away really soon now. The main reason: They'll go away when the graybeards retire and the companies fail without them. For the last 5 years, I've been babysitting a C-based system that generates more than 70% of our corporate profit. The youngsters working on the 7+ year-old project to replace it are on the 3rd refactoring of the 2nd programming language codebase and the "architect" is already talking about rewriting in a new language for "productivity improvements." For the 4th year in a row, the first of five essential elements of the new system will go on line Next Year, leaving still more years of work until we can shut the old system down and let the C programmers go (except we all know more new languages than the new guys, as we all have loads of free time - our old system is quite reliable). Without a substantial payment directly into my kids' trust fund, I have no intention of delaying retirement by a day - I have way too many side projects to explore!