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While I agree that such metrics don't mean much, if anything at all, the notion that C/C++ should be "languages of the decade" because they "still power basical

While I agree that such metrics don't mean much, if anything at all, the notion that C/C++ should be "languages of the decade" because they "still power basically every piece of truly important software" doesn't make much sense. You might as well declare James Maxwell scientist of the decade because electricity still powers basically every piece of truly important equipment.

jacquesm 14y ago
> You might as well declare James Maxwell scientist of the decade because electricity still powers basically every piece of truly important equipment. I'm all for it. Proponents of 'x' label 'x' the best thing in this decade is a lot less objective than your astute observation that electricity indeed still powers basically every piece of truly important equipment.