• Aquaphobi@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    And I bet this is based in opinion and not any sort of scientific understanding because you put assembly as an obsolete language…

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      4 months ago

      I read that as “directly, without a compiler”, in which case it’s close to fair, although I would have still put it ahead of COBOL because sometimes it’s necessary.

      • Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 months ago

        Should it not say “machine code” then? It would still be bizarre to call it obsolete, given that it’s literally the foundation of all the other languages in the chart. It’s like saying letters are obsolete because we have words now.