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by martinfjohansen 2844 days ago
The argument was that a program written with proven, solid programming constructs, then it will last a long time. The example language is very simple: It contains things like: +, -, *, /, log, sin, cos, exp, functions, ifs and for loops. These things will not be unexecutable any time soon. These were basically in Charles Babbage's programming language for the Analytical Engine designed in the 1830s, two centuries old already.