XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 1/7/26 15:03, rbowman wrote:   
   >   
   > Colleges don't always make great choices and do their students a   
   > disservice. At one time University of Montana used Modula-2, another Wirth   
   > production. Later they chose Java after being offered financial incentives   
   > by Sun. (I think it was before Oracle).  Arguably a better choice although   
   > it didn't do much when we were looking for C/C++ programmers.   
   >   
   >   
      
   The program language landscape changes so rapidly that whatever language   
   you learn today will probably be niche in a few years. FORTRAN and COBOL   
   are still around, but I don't thinks anyone from the 70s would recognize   
   them. I was there and I used both at the time.   
      
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