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> Veteran languages can also turn up in places you might not expect. Ladder Logic, created for industrial-control applications, is often associated with old-fas
by acedTrex 3y ago
> Veteran languages can also turn up in places you might not expect. Ladder Logic, created for industrial-control applications, is often associated with old-fashioned tech.
Ladder logic is not "old fashioned tech." It is by far the most commonly used language in American manufacturing. Nothing beats it for allowing the onsite techs to easily debug the machine at 2am.
- mabbo 3y agoI came to say the same thing! There is a hidden economy of programmers who often don't realize they're programmers. They're hidden inside every industrial facility, maintaining machines that use ladder logic to control their functionality in PLCs. And the ones I've met are generally brilliant at it. I was watching as one such person modify the program running a machine. "How do you deploy the change?" I asked. "Deploy? No, this is live. Every change I make is happening immediately."
- eternityforest 3y agoI very often wish I'd never gotten into coding and either done (ladder logic as opposed to custom embedded hardware and software) industrial controls or journalism...