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> Only one other language (Fortran) is that old and still in use [...] Sorry to burst this bubble Perhaps he meant the Fortran-style programming language, e.g.

by vorg 11y ago

> Only one other language (Fortran) is that old and still in use [...] Sorry to burst this bubble Perhaps he meant the Fortran-style programming language, e.g. Cobol, Algol, C, Pascal, etc. > BASIC still has tons of fans, either in VB disuise or in the the various commercial BASIC's around It's stretching belief to call VB and Altair Basic the same programming language. Or did you mean the Basic-style programming language?

coldtea 11y ago
>Perhaps he meant the Fortran-style programming language, e.g. Cobol, Algol, C, Pascal, etc. No, I think he meant Fortran, the language specifically. And he is right, it IS still in use, from NASA to NumPy. When I'm talking about "bursting this bubble" I mean his claim that "only one other language" is that old and still in use. Several decades old languages are ALMOST as old and still in use. >It's stretching belief to call VB and Altair Basic the same programming language. Or did you mean the Basic-style programming language? Not that more stretching that calling the original, 50's Lisp with Common Lisp, Scheme or Clojure. Obviously I (and the author) both tal about X-style languages.