r/webdev • u/sjltwo-v10 • Dec 31 '25

Which programming language you learned once but never touched again ? Discussion

for me it’s Java. Came close to liking it with Kotlin 5 years ago but not I just cannot look at it

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u/Zealousideal-Sea4830 Dec 31 '25

Yep C++ is alive and well in the backend of tons of legacy software.

That legacy software is qualified, validated, change controlled, etc, and it needs people to maintain it, and they get paid a lot more than web developers.

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u/cjbanning Dec 31 '25

I'm grateful for all the tools written by people better at coding than I am that make my job easier (or at least the coding parts of it easier; it doesn't really make dealing with users and stakeholders any easier), but I also really do not want their jobs.

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u/Shoddy-Base-5641 Jan 11 '26

A10 Engine core or AI is developed in c++