protocode

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1. 1.▲
   by protocode 8y ago

   This reminds me of a line from one of Eddie Murphy's comedy routines back in the 80s: "Herpes is like luggage; you keep that s--t forever."
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   by protocode 8y ago

   C still has it's place. It's not glamorous, but it works. COBOL has no decent replacements. Yet. Some have tried. Almost all have failed. Old does not mean useless. If it works, then it's not wrong.
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   by protocode 8y ago

   I see mostly imaginary. As a back end systems guy for over 20 years, I deal with guys all the time wanting to introduce new tools into the mix that add zero value. There is a reason why *nix tools are still around. There is nothing that Pyt
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   by protocode 8y ago

   From my admittedly cursory look at D, I find nothing persuasive enough to get me to take it on and learn it when the chances of my ever using it are slim. I guess I'm just old school. It seems that every week there is a new language, f
5. 5.▲
   by protocode 8y ago

   Nothing wrong with the languages you mentioned; they do what they do best. COBOL and Fortran are both fantastic and nothing yet truly replaces them. COBOL is accurate out to 38 digits, which is amazing for such an "old" language.