Honestly, now that I can see the "business productivity" through-line from COBOL, to BASIC, and most recently, Python, I should probably just learn COBOL.

[–] parlaptie@feddit.org 66 points 6 days ago (2 children)

cool new languages

COBOL

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I guess I should have put a /s but I thought it was pretty obvious. The 68 in Algol 68 is 1968. COBOL is from 1959. Modula-2 is from 1977.

My point exactly was that all the hot new languages are built with LLVM while the “new” language options on GCC are languages from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.

I am not even exaggerating. That is just what the projects look like right now.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I would guess those languages are added for preservation and compatibility reasons, and it's also an important thing

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

I think some are getting used actually, particularly COBOL. I think Modula-2 still gets used in some embedded contexts. But these languages are not exactly pushing the state-of-the-art.

Algol 68 is interesting. It is for sure just for academic and academic enthusiast purposes. Historical and educational value only as you say.

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

If Algol68 is from 1968, shouldn't Modula-2 be from 1898?

[–] parlaptie@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

I had my suspicions that that's what you were going for, I just thought I'd make it obvious.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

It's new to gcc!

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

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    BEGIN
        Wow, 
        Modula 2! 
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    I remember Modula 2.
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