Which Programming Languages Are Facing Extinction? A Look at Perl, Ruby, VB.NET, Flash, and Object Pascal

The article predicts the demise of several once‑popular programming languages—Perl, Ruby, Visual Basic.NET, Adobe Flash/AIR, and Delphi’s Object Pascal—by examining their historical rise, current decline, and providing sample "Goodbye World" code snippets to illustrate their fading relevance.

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Which Programming Languages Are Facing Extinction? A Look at Perl, Ruby, VB.NET, Flash, and Object Pascal

Architecture Digest

Feb 22, 2020 · Fundamentals

Five Programming Languages Predicted to Die

The article forecasts that Perl, Ruby, Visual Basic.NET, Adobe Flash/AIR (ActionScript), and Delphi's Object Pascal are each facing extinction as developers shift toward newer, more supported programming languages, illustrating the decline with code examples and historical context.

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Five Programming Languages Predicted to Die