• thepreciousboar@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Well technically C, C++, JS and Python and C# are all more than 25 years old, despite having changed a lot they are still the same languages at core. Of course I would hardly call them underrated.

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      2 days ago

      True, but also, C and C++ is steadily being replaced and really only keeps being used because of existing tooling, processes, and skillsets, not because it’s actually better than Rust or similar. And yeah, agree with JS+Python. My statement definitely was hyperbole :D

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        18 hours ago

        “Steadily being replaced” is another hyperbole. Sure as general purpose languages they might be used less, but where they really shine (low level and embedded programming) they are not going anywhere anytime soon. Sure rust is taking more momentum but it will take decaded before it will be used more, if it ever will be