Universities teach one of the most influential and ubiquitous programming languages, crazy
replyAnd 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...
replyNote that the word "deprecate" appears nowhere in that document.
replyThe wording at the end is quite clear, even if it does not use the exact word "deprecate":
reply> "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."
Deprecation is a speech act. It's something that can only occur if you use the word itself.
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