> C is a great language for writing Operating Systems and other "near the > metal" code. But its not the best language for busiess apps, artificial > intelligence and a host of other things. Bash is a good user shell, but its > not even the best Unix shell for scripting (Thats probably ksh). > D? Who actually uses D? I think your informant was not well informed. > Next time when I saw my friend, I would ask, "have you met someone who has actually started in use D yet?" it's a joke, thanks for informing me that.
> > AS fopr Python becoming obsolete? Maybe someday, but not soon. > And even if it does the principles it teaches are alive and well in many > other languages - eg, Ruby, Lua both openly borrow from Python. > Just as Python borrows from Lisp and Haskell and Smalltalk and Perl. > > > > I was further told that fortran is obsolete, but still lots of > > fortran guys using it. > > Absolutely and Lisp and COBOL ghave both been predicted to die for decades > but are still marching on. It is very difficult to kill a popular language > because the thing that made it popular keeps it > alive. > > Ignore rumours and focus on programming. Don't worry about languages, once > you know one you'll usually pick up another very quickly. They come and go > in fashion but the concepts remain constant. Most programmers work in > multiple languages, often even in a single > project. Thanks again, > > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > >
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