shac ron ₪‎Aug 6, 2023
Reminder that everything is temporary except C and Make
Show threadSteve CanonAug 6, 2023
@shac Counterpoint: COBOL and Fortran will be here after C and Make are abandoned.
Show threadshac ron ₪‎Aug 6, 2023
@steve “here” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. The will exist in the same way dinosaurs still exist, as stratified layers of sediment that support the ground we walk on.
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@shac @steve I mean dinosaurs remain an incredibly ecologically important group to this day; we just don't usually recognize them as such because we call them "birds." the comparison is probably more apt than you intended
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