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COBOL was very widespread - there used to be more lines of COBOL in production then any other language (Mostly mainframe and (super-)mini computer stuff (banks,
by mech422 3y ago
COBOL was very widespread - there used to be more lines of COBOL in production then any other language (Mostly mainframe and (super-)mini computer stuff (banks, govt, insurance, etc.)
In another 20-30 years, Java might be a lot less popular then Go, Rust, Python, Ruby, etc? So lots of Java that needs maintenance and not many people left to do it??
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoUnpopular stance, but the Fishtank Graph[0] tells the story. PHP is actually a good bet. [0] https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/programming_language/ms/y https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/programmin...
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 3y agoPHP is a good bet, but it still powers 50% of the internet. That's A LOT of websites...
- mech422 3y agooh yeah - Can't believe I forgot about Perl and PHP !! Those could be good bets too. Always fun to speculate whats still gonna be around in 20-30 years :-D