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Friend, we're still running COBOL. There are still shops with computers running windows XP, performing various scripted automation or batch tasks. The idea th
by rsj_hn 5y ago
Friend, we're still running COBOL.
There are still shops with computers running windows XP, performing various scripted automation or batch tasks.
The idea that some running system will be taken offline just because the language is old is incompatible with a lot of real world needs.
- int_19h 5y agoThe problem isn't so much so that Python 2.7 the language is old, but rather that the implementation is no longer supported - including security issues. Having said that, 2.7 still has commercial third-party support, e.g. from ActiveState. Which, presumably, will be around for as long as there are enough users willing to pay for it.