computerworld.com — Those in search of eternal life need look no further than the computer industry. Here, last gasps are rarely taken, as aging systems crank away in back rooms across the U.S., not unlike 1970s reruns on Nickelodeon's TV Land. So while it may not be exactly easy for Novell NetWare engineers and OS/2 administrators to find employers who require their
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emeraldikMay 24, 2007
I was just taking a break from debugging a C program when I read this... 10 years ago some people saw Java and said that C is useless.. 10 years from now it will something else, but C will still be the best way to get certain things done
camperbobMay 24, 2007
cc:Mail was great. It ran entirely on the client, and consequently was about as hard to crack as Paris Hilton. I once generated a list of every user's password at ---- (insert name of four-letter computer company other than Sony.)
dyogenezMay 24, 2007
@smackhero"most professional developers know that coldfusion is poor for developing professional websites with"I guess we should tell the developers at 75 of the fortune 100 companies that they're not professionals. <a class="user" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/proven/">http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/proven/</a>
savaboreMay 25, 2007
C is clearly going to stick around for some time, although I do believe that it's use will become more and more differed to C++ (splitting hairs). Much of the organizational code at my work that was written in C gets translated into C++ for ease of maintenance, STL, familiarity, etc. Now my next statement might provoke, but I will qualify. I think Java rightfully belongs in the CS curriculum as long as it is used to eventually escalate to courses in C/C++. This way an individual completely new to programming can grasp the concepts of typed data, context, and flow control without having to wrestle with memory allocation, pointers, DIY garbage collection, and various other potential intricacies before they are even comfortable with the basics.
Closed AccountMay 25, 2007
omg, bury this idiotic piece of s**t.c language useless? what retard wrote that. maybe he doesn't know the operating system he uses is most probably written in it.
smackheroMay 25, 2007
just because it's still being used doesn't mean it's not dying.do google search for:php+hostingruby+hostingasp+hostingjsp+hostingperl+hostingpython+hosting...and then do a search on 'coldfusion+hosting' and see how many results you get.without being integrated into dreamweaver the language would have long since died.and what the hell does corporate culpability have to do with being a well-designed language. that isn't the point of enterprise support, which open source languages like PHP have plenty of as well.there may be a place for coldfusion in the server-side scripting world, but it's a very small place that is shrinking. it's a good language to develop in only if you like developing in a relatively crippled language and purchasing commercial solutions for passable functionality.
mikebrittonMay 26, 2007
Coldfusion will have a resurgence, you watch. Now isn't the time to bash what will become a much better language in the next few months. Try Model Glue with Coldfusion, Reactor and Coldspring and you'll feel differently.
ukshadowMay 26, 2007
Any app can be decompiled to asm
dhirschlMay 28, 2007
Dugg for Bentley College reference.
lucky3376252May 31, 2007
I pretty much agree with most of this article, even the inclusion of C. I don't think C is dead, but I don't think that's what it says. I agree with Ishmal. The article is referring to "C-only" programmers. Most - actually all - C coders I know now also do C++, java and usually have another skill set or 2. I think that is precisely what the article says. C as a stand-alone skill set is not much in demand any more. Don't know about you guys, but that's why I added C++ and java and to my skillsets.
SonolinAug 6, 2007
I think he is just listing all the languages he knows about so he sounds smart.. pretty sad :p