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Top 7 Dying Programming Languages to Avoid Studying in 2019 –2020

posted by martyb on Wednesday March 11 2020, @10:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-do-YOU-think dept.

DannyB wrote in with a submission which became:

Ilya Dudkin at Skywell Software has a story

Top 7 Dying Programming Languages to Avoid Studying in 2019 –2020.

Each language gets a paragraph's treatment as to why he thinks these languages are dead or dying. Those languages are:

  • Visual Basic
  • Objective-C
  • Perl
  • COBOL
  • CoffeeScript
  • Scala
  • Lisp

Do you agree with his assessment? Are there any other language(s) you would add to the list?

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Thursday March 12 2020, @02:53AM (1 child)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday March 12 2020, @02:53AM (#970047)

    Why would you go anonymous on that gem? Been programming for 40+ years, that is not only the first time I've seen that but it's one of the best parodies I've ever seen.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12 2020, @12:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 12 2020, @12:39PM (#970193)

    Why would you go anonymous on that gem?

    First, to answer your question: Same reason I go anonymous on everything else. I believe the concept of an anonymous forum where posts rise or fall based on their merit, not the poster's reputation, is one worth keeping around.
    This concept naturally falls under attack by those who want to turn every disagreement into a personal grudge, and find their "enemies'" lack of identity frustrating. If only trolls and shitposters post AC, they will win, and we will lose this concept; quality posts as AC are my mode of counterattack.

    Second, as another AC has noted, "Write In C" goes way back. Glad to be the one to introduce you to it, but I don't deserve the credit you seem to be implying.