OT: Language for the ages

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>Suppose you wanted to write an application for a manufacturing process that
>>>>will, in all probability, run for the next 30 years.  No direct control of
>>>>the process itself is entailed (i.e., you don't need the program to
>>>>operation valves or run motors), but you do need this program to compute
>>>>manufacturing parameters for each customer.  I/O requirements are very
>>>>modest, mostly simple keyboard and display.
>>>>So what would it be?   My vote is for FORTRAN.
>>
>>>Forth.
>>
>>PILOT.
> LOGO.
Funge-98.

Peace...  Sridhar