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As long as there are tactical nukes that depend on COBOL, COBOL ain't dead. We might all die, but COBOL will sit happy in its steel reinforce nuclear bunker
by LarsDu88 2y ago
As long as there are tactical nukes that depend on COBOL, COBOL ain't dead.
We might all die, but COBOL will sit happy in its steel reinforce nuclear bunker
- diggan 2y agoStill doesn't beat Assembly, which will continue running on Voyager 1 even after the inevitable demise of our planet. Would survive the end of our solar system too.
- LarsDu88 2y agoAssembly ain't a language. Differs for every chip microarchitecture. Doubt there's many folks who know voyager 1 assembly
- criddell 2y agoAssembly is a language. It’s human readable, not machine readable. Modern assemblers support all kinds of higher level constructs through macros.
- TheSkyHasEyes 2y ago> Assembly ain't a language. Differs for every chip microarchitecture. Your last sentence explains why ASM is a language. ASM compiles to machine language.