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Hello,
I only know Java which I consider to be a fairly modern language- it is an internet era language after all. So, I understand how Java has GUI functionality, and packages for input/output and networking.
But what about old languages? C is a good example. C is very popular and powerful, but it was designed before the internet and modern hardware existed.
How would you use a language like C to write software that communicates with a modern device like a DVD player for example if that language was written before DVD players even existed?
Do these languages have standard libraries that get updated by upkeepers?
Is that the metric for when / how a language dies? When no one updates it any longer?
Thanks.
I only know Java which I consider to be a fairly modern language- it is an internet era language after all. So, I understand how Java has GUI functionality, and packages for input/output and networking.
But what about old languages? C is a good example. C is very popular and powerful, but it was designed before the internet and modern hardware existed.
How would you use a language like C to write software that communicates with a modern device like a DVD player for example if that language was written before DVD players even existed?
Do these languages have standard libraries that get updated by upkeepers?
Is that the metric for when / how a language dies? When no one updates it any longer?
Thanks.