>>I wonder if we've reached a stage in software development where more developers are making software in 'outdated/legacy' languages versus evolving/modern languages.
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>Talking in terms of "legacy" for actively running and effective applications is just an issue of depreciative marketing. It just helps a few hot companies (inc. MS) to sell new hot dev stuff.
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>We are living in a world litteraly driven by legacy software. Most big shops have something like 90 to 95% of their critical processes run by legacy software... and it works. Possibly even your brand-new car:)
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>It's about time for IT to understand that it is a mature industry.


Well said.