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Re: Assume only 10% of the current software will be relevant after 10 years

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 11:35 AM UTC

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Re: Assume only 10% of the current software will be relevant after 10 years

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Post by Zergy » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 3:54 PM UTC

mod wrote: post #20

acagle wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks to Minecraft, I expect a whole new batch of Java developers over the next several years.

Didn't it get ported after MS bought it?

It got ported for Consoles/Mobile. Porting the PC version would cause every existing mod to stop working, which would be huge, I can't think of a single person I know who plays stock Minecraft.

Re: Assume only 10% of the current software will be relevant after 10 years

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Post by AnimalMuppet » Thu, Sep 08, 2016, 4:15 PM UTC

In addition to what others have said: Lisp and Haskell will still be around and relevant. (Relevant being defined as "as relevant as they are today or better", not as "large fractions of new software being written in them".)

Hate to say it, but I'd bet that Windows in some form will still be around, with an API that is recognizably similar to today's.

Re: Assume only 10% of the current software will be relevant after 10 years

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Post by romanovcode » Fri, Sep 09, 2016, 1:13 PM UTC

Zergy wrote: post #22

mod wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Didn't it get ported after MS bought it?

It got ported for Consoles/Mobile. Porting the PC version would cause every existing mod to stop working, which would be huge, I can't think of a single person I know who plays stock Minecraft.

It also got ported for Windows, that's why it is in "beta" for now at Windows Store. It's being rewritten in C++.