I often wonder what would have happened if Dave Fulton had bought out Bill Gates instead of the other way round.
Laurie
On 31 August 2017 at 15:10, Dave Crozier DaveC@flexipol.co.uk wrote:
And nothing will ever run like a FOX!
Dave
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Man-wai Chang Sent: 31 August 2017 14:55 To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Subject: [FW] Programming language life expectancy
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED! not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire lynnmcguire5@gmail.com 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: oo7na9$r8v$1@dont-email.me 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
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