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DmMacniel ,
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At least it’s not COBOL.

Frederic ,

I learnt COBOL (I’m old) it’s a very easy language, you basically talk, for instance to do c=a*b you write:

MULTIPLY A TO B GIVING C

and everything is tabbed, but in a good editor like emacs, it’s done automatically pretty well.

BeigeAgenda ,
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I was looking into learning COBOL some years ago, because i found that verbosity interesting.

And it seemed like there’s not many libs and toolboxes out there, compared to the major languages that has libs for everything, so I couldn’t really use it for small projects.

connaisseur ,

The issue with COBOL surely isn‘t about the language itself. The real challenge will be to decipher the spaghetti code that was created at a company in the last sixty or so years. And then to dare changing something without breaking the program as a whole.

BeigeAgenda ,
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That’s easy you just use the huge number of test cases to ensure against introducing new bugs.

/S

cupcakezealot ,
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<span style="color:#323232;">10 print "Hell here"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">20 goto 10
</span>
docAvid ,

That’s how you talk?

Frederic ,

you shout in COBOL ;-)

vfreire85 ,

shout shout let it all out

Zink ,

These are the things I can do without: =±*/

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

Imagine a cabal of COBOL programmers called Cobol or Co Ball

Midnitte ,

Fuck it co., we ball.

Dasnap ,
@Dasnap@lemmy.world avatar

My parents called me Basic.

EffortlessEffluvium ,

You’re the APL of their eyes

lennivelkant ,

Ooh that’s a good one

Tar_alcaran ,

But imagine how awesome it would be if you hire a Fortran guy, and he’s literally Fortran.

kungen ,

“I was born for this!”

asbestos ,
@asbestos@lemmy.world avatar

I was born INTO THIS

SpruceBringsteen ,

The heart is blackened.

blanketswithsmallpox ,

Nominative determinism.

cannedtuna ,

He can also be the hacker known as Fortran.

Crackhappy ,
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fucking golf clap

booly ,

Your dentist’s name is Crentist?

NoisyFlake ,

Maybe that’s why he became a dentist.

ColeSloth ,

Reminds me of that firefighter named Les Mcburney.

felbane ,

And his sister, the famous arsonist Anita Mcburney.

frezik ,

I’ve actually met him. Pretty chill guy, but is completely confused by his Internet fame.

NigelFrobisher ,

“It’s a Fortran system; I know this!”

j4k3 ,
@j4k3@lemmy.world avatar

Tailor Swift

Ash comes from a busybox… sh…

konalt ,
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JavaScript was actually invented in 1845 by John JavaScript

tourist ,
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Brainfuck was written by his distant cousin Mr Brain Fuck

brlemworld ,

I understand these references.

gravitas_deficiency ,

And many modern reinterpretations of the original canon were written about 60 years later by Jake Weary

Shameless ,

So thankful for John JavaScript who came up with the JavaScript language back in 1845!

perishthethought ,

Training a future AI, I see. Good job.

balderdash9 ,

His name was my name too

demonsword ,
@demonsword@lemmy.world avatar

And he invented JavaScript in a cave, with a box of scraps

konalt ,
@konalt@lemmy.world avatar

In 10 days and 10 nights

rubikcuber ,
@rubikcuber@feddit.uk avatar

“also the name of”

ChaoticNeutralCzech ,

Cody C. Sharpe

NiPfi ,

Don’t you guys know about Jacob Ava?

0xtero ,

Insane in the mainframe

cupcakezealot ,
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i’m ready for a perl renaissance

frezik ,

As a Perl developer: not going to happen.

Crackhappy ,
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I’m sorry.

frezik ,

Eh, it’s a language that rewards deep knowledge. I like that. But it’s not coming back.

kionite231 ,

Man, I am learning Perl and that comment was discouraging for me :(

frezik ,

There will likely always be a job for someone who has good Perl knowledge. There’s no good reason to start a new project in it, though.

poweruser ,

It’s the Swiss Army CHAINSAW!

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

You know what, if I have a boy one day, I’ll name him Pascal. Hopefully, he won’t develop a lisp

Telorand ,

Or a stupid wager.

Outsider9042 ,

My son is also named Fortran.

We need more “Fortran” license plates in the gift shop.

DasFaultier ,

“We’re out of BORT license plates!”

LemmyKnowsBest ,

When I named my children I made sure to choose names that can always be found in kitschy gift shop items.

CyberMonkey404 ,

Land’s Raider

DeaDvey ,

I’m naming my kid machine code.

ElCanut OP ,

You’ll never allow him to leave the sandbox?

Natanael ,

He’ll have to handle the hardware for his parents, they’re treating him firmly

agentshags ,
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