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> No, the old languages are not slow. It's the old hardware that's slow. But the old languages don't run on the new computers. Which languages is this referrin
by hiatus 2y ago
> No, the old languages are not slow. It's the old hardware that's slow. But the old languages don't run on the new computers.
Which languages is this referring to?
- hulitu 2y ago> Which languages is this referring to? C ? Running old code is a challenge. But running new code is also a challenge because "move fast, break things" mentality.
- santoshalper 2y agoProbably COBOL and Fortran, which can run on modern architectures, but in practice mostly don't.
- olliej 2y agoPeople don’t write application code in those languages but as I understand it cobol is still underpinning large swathes of the financial system, and similar applies to fortran in engineering and scientific computing.