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"Fortran is the oldest high-level programming language that remains in use today" This is like the ship of Theseus, except where the ship has changed from a fi
by ogogmad 5y ago
"Fortran is the oldest high-level programming language that remains in use today"
This is like the ship of Theseus, except where the ship has changed from a fishing vessel to a dreadnought.
- jhgb 5y agoBattleship of Theseus it is, then.
- actinium226 5y agoAircraft Carrier of Theseus it is, then.
- 174SIGSEGV 5y agoWe joke, but there actually was an aircraft carrier by the name HMS Theseus. It was under construction towards the end of the Second World War, and deployed to Korea in 1950. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Theseus_(R64) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Theseus_(R64)
- leephillips 5y ago“I don't know what the language of the year 2000 will look like, but I know it will be called Fortran.” -- Tony Hoare, winner of the 1980 Turing Award, in 1982