Subj : Re: What things should successful programmers-to-be learn right now?
To   : comp.programming
From : Ed Prochak
Date : Wed Jul 27 2005 01:52 pm

How about, generally across all industries:

MUCH more data is still in databases of various types than is in XML.
XML is not a FUNDAMENTAL data storage scheme in any sense of the word.
It is just currently the POPULAR data storage scheme. I would not be
surprised if someone showed that more data is still stored in Flat
files than is stored in XML.

Much more code is likely still in COBOL or C than is currently in JAVA
or .NET

FORTRAN, outside of universities is likely in numerically related
industrial applications, like FEA or computational fluid dynamics.
(think of designing skyscrapers and jet planes.)

Your question shows your thinking isn't quite right. It is not what
industries are these languages used for, rather it is what APPLICATIONS
are the languages used for. But it seems you do understand that some
languages are better suited to certain tasks than others. That's a
point in your favor for growing into a good software engineer.

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