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by cwnyth 253 days ago
Well...as the Master says:

  The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.
  
  The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages.
  
  Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao.
  
  But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.
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amano-kenji 253 days ago
Still, I wouldn't tell COBOL programmers to maybe ditch COBOL and write another language. They chose it over other languages for their own reasons.

It's okay to mention rust or any other language when it's a particularly good fit for a business or a project. But, shoving languages in people's faces repetitively is not okay.

In my experiences, directly telling people to do things differently never works. You have to wait for other people to ask you for advices, or you end up bothering other people.

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