I know! And then they spend it all writing toolboxes for Finance instead of fixing the broken stuff
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the broken stuff is going to be abandonware soon IMHO
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Matlab is an unstoppable force at this point I'm afraid
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Really!? I've seen
@ResearchSoftEng stats that show it's on the decline... at least I think that is what I saw.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Languages take a LONG time to die. Exhibit A, FORTRAN. Exhibit B, C
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Cherry picking the ones that survived is not actually evidence language take a long time to die though.
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I dunno about you but when I did my compsci degree we learned so many from Ada to Scheme to C to Prolog. Some are dead.
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@DRMacIver but C = poops despite being immortal – taking long time to die isn't a good thing.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
I do think it's OK for people to like older languages FWIW. C has special problems but is sometimes still fine.
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me too. I mainly have a problem with those who love Matlab and closed source and worship them above others.
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In science you get those who sadly barely know how to code. They only know how to code in Matlab, and badly.
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