Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017?

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Post by kiernanmcgowan » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:51 PM UTC

lgessler wrote: post #9

MUMPS. Despite its strong resemblance to compiler IR and lack of a type system, it is the standard DB in Health IT in America.

I'm going to take a wild guess - EPIC?

Re: Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017?

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Post by tluyben2 » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:51 PM UTC

C/C++/Java/C#/Assembly

Re: Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017?

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Post by velebak » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:52 PM UTC

java and python

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Post by devopsproject » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:52 PM UTC

vb6 for a desktop application

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Post by aloukissas » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:53 PM UTC

Most of my work is in C++, which is almost 35 years old. By far the best choice of language for cross-platform, client application development, especially C++11/C++14, which bring modern language features (e.g. lambdas, futures, etc) with all the original benefits of the language.

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Post by greenyoda » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:56 PM UTC

paulrpotts wrote: post #2

Lots and lots of C. (I'm mostly an embedded C programmer these days). Some C++ for a bit of higher-level "business logic" that benefits from a class-based approach, but a fairly limited subset of "modern" C++.

Lots and lots of C for me too. A huge pile of legacy business software which is still being extended to do new stuff.

Re: Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017?

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Post by gigonaut » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:56 PM UTC

Haskell for an assorted collection of command line tools.

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Post by cle » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:57 PM UTC

Perl is one of those languages that nobody likes at my work, but that is impossible to get rid of.

Java is in the same boat, but at least it's still marketable so engineers don't mind working with it as much.

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Post by j45 » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:58 PM UTC

- Javascript (199x) - Ruby (199x) - Python (199x)

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Post by _vya7 » Tue, Jan 03, 2017, 4:58 PM UTC

Writing a brand new Mac app for myself, using Objective-C instead of Swift. So far it's a breeze. Yes I used Swift for a while, and it sure feels all academic and all, but meh, ObjC gets the job done just fine for me.