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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If everything written in those "obsolete" languages suddenly disappeared, the whole world would go dark.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago

The huge gap between "obsolete" versus "legacy"

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

That doesn't stop them from being obsolete, it just means that people who have the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality can get fucked.