Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal (1982)
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A 1982 essay 'Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal' is shared, sparking nostalgia and discussion about programming culture and the evolution of programming languages.
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Ok, so FORTRAN got replaced by C/C++ and OS/370 by a hundred variants of Unix.
For those who tuned in late, Linux is a clone of Unix (TM).
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3585286 - Feb 2012
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9422622 - Apr 2015
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10214480 - Sep 2015
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19504023 - Mar 2019