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Although not as popular as other programming systems, Forth has enough support to keep several language vendors and contractors in business. Forth is currently used in boot loaders such as Open Firmware, space applications, and other embedded systems. An implementation of Forth by the GNU Project is actively maintained, the last release in November 2008.
It'd be interesting, at least, to see if anyone still uses it.
God said "Go forth"...so it went...that's why it's not listed.
Hehehe...
I thought the same for FORTH, COBOL, and Pascal, and was going to comment about COBOL being on the list. However, a quick research revealed that all three are, in fact, still very much in use today.
Ehhh, where's 'shell script' ?? Maybe it isn't really a 'language' ?
That's all I need, I plan to take over the world with a shell script. Muuahahahah!!!
C/C++ since i write on C++ only I vote for C++, the language of the past, present and future! (java n00bs do us a favor and jump yourselfs out of the window please thank you )
LOL - are you just saying that because they're finally adding 'BUKKIT' to the language spec?
ActivePerl finally added DBD::Oracle into the base 5.10 install, which is a 'win' in my book (I know purists like to install from CPAN and all, but it's easier to just drop active perl on the linux and windows boxes for instant cross-platform awesomeness with no extra config)
Is there a reason Groovy is not on the list? http://groovy.codehaus.org It's popularity is growing very rapidly in the JVM space, and considering how many of it's siblings are listed, I think it belongs here.
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