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Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by dllthomas on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:18AM (#8738809)
Important in what sense? Some candidates would seem to be:

historical significance

most currently running code

most significant currently running code

most new development

most significant new development

most likely representative of future directions in programming languages

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Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by _RPM on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:55PM (#8741970)
Most important in the sense of the internet. What is the language that keeps the Internet running?
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Re:What do you think the most important programming language... by dllthomas on Friday December 12, 2014 @02:37PM (#8742228)
Almost certainly the C and assembly inside all those routers and switches.
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