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Re:k on pdp11 by 7thaccount on Monday January 08, 2024 @01:10PM (#38915799)
I think it's a combination of that and being taught for so long the "right way" to do things with languages like APL appearing "too clever".
Re:k on pdp11 by jd3 on Monday January 08, 2024 @01:19PM (#38915932)
Afaik most undergrad education is still explicitly procedural/imperative/OOO with a dash of lisp/scheme in theory of comp.

Barring the exceptionally driven and programs that are unusually theoretical and/or historically based (i.e., SICP), many new grads enter industry having only ever used js/python/java/c++ it seems.