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1. C and C++ aren’t going anywhere.

2. I don’t think you have an appreciation for the sheer amount of software—including lots of very critical software—implemented in C and C++ that are being improved upon daily.

A buddy of mine works on critical low-level software (including C) in the energy sector. Millions of lines of code. The effects, positive or negative, of any single code change can impact tens of thousands of Americans (likely even more). His job is to maintain and continuously optimize this software. Given your comment, I think you’d be surprised to learn that he never runs out of work.



Well, I write in those languages every day! It's not a statement about the languages, just wondering about whether CUDA is best approached low level or from well established libraries.


Would you mind expanding on what your friend does? Sounds like energy trading which is something I’ve been taking a look at. I’m just curious.


Seems more likely it's to do with running the systems and networks.




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