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Why Old Programming Languages Like COBOL, Fortran, and Lisp Still Matter

4 points| dustfinger | 2 months ago |marchcampaign.com

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kazinator|2 months ago

The intellectual content in Lisp, together with its ability to evolve, is completely outside of the territory of the likes of Cobol and Fortran.

It makes no sense to lump it together.

Cobol is old like a steam locomotive.

Lisp is old like algebra.