-------- Forwarded Message -------- Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire <[email protected]> Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Subject: "Programming language life expectancy" Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:08:20 -0500 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.fortran:69454 comp.lang.c:197385 comp.lang.c++:101574
"Programming language life expectancy" <https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/08/19/programming-language-life-expectancy/> "The Lindy effect says that what’s been around the longest is likely to remain around the longest. It applies to creative artifacts, not living things. A puppy is likely to live longer than an elderly dog, but a book that has been in press for a century is likely to be in press for another century." "“We don’t know what language engineers will be coding in in the year 2100. However, we do know that it will be called FORTRAN.” — C.A.R. Hoare" Lynn -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY! / v \ 64-bit Fedora 25 Server Spin /( _ )\ http://sites.google.com/site/changmw ^ ^ May the Force and farces be with you! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAGv=mjd4qgq8dktn2ar_7jexsokftrnzp-01adse06nklqg...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
