Technologies I thought my son would never use

Re:Technologies I thought my son would never use by enriquto on Monday April 12, 2021 @08:58AM (#26778869)

> I'm uncomfortable imagining my grandchildren learning C's weird quirks

What about them learning English's even weirder quirks? Does that make you uncomfortable as well?

I have come to the point that I sort of accept C's quirks, and, with the appropriate mindset, I can even love them. I certainly see myself as an old man teaching these arcane quirks to a young and innocent audience.

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Re:Technologies I thought my son would never use by carlmr on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:38AM (#26779255)

Also COBOL is still around and most people don't need to learn it anymore.

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Re:Technologies I thought my son would never use by enriquto on Monday April 12, 2021 @10:14AM (#26779667)

Most people don't need to learn C either; or any programming language, for that matter.

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Re:Technologies I thought my son would never use by carlmr on Monday April 12, 2021 @10:42AM (#26779961)

Sure but I think programmers is an implicit assumption here when talking about which programming languages to learn. We don't need to start splitting hairs here.

And COBOL is extremely niche, while C is still quite common and useful to know.

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