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▲ warkdarrior an hour ago

Wow, universities still teach deprecated programming languages.

▲fxwin an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Universities teach one of the most influential and ubiquitous programming languages, crazy

▲warkdarrior an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

And in case anyone is not sure what I am talking about, see this: https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/10/2003112742/-1/-1/0/CSI...

▲aesthesia an hour ago | parent [-]

Note that the word "deprecate" appears nowhere in that document.

▲warkdarrior an hour ago | parent [-]

The wording at the end is quite clear, even if it does not use the exact word "deprecate":

> "NSA advises organizations to consider making a strategic shift from programming languages that provide little or no inherent memory protection, such as C/C++ and assembly, to a memory safe language when possible."

▲aesthesia 44 minutes ago | parent [-]

Deprecation is a speech act. It's something that can only occur if you use the word itself.