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The VRML language, or Virtual Reality Modeling Language, is ancient but still lets you create simple three-dimensional objects.
From simple to complex, nine three-dimensional models you can download then print to explore 3D printing.
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Many people in 2007 would have said Java was bloated, lightly used, and therefore a dead programming language. Yet today Java is used frequently and taught in high schools and colleges. Perl, on the other hand, appears dead. People still use the language. However, the next generation of the Perl language, Perl 6, started in 2000 and has yet to be completed.
When you create a three-dimensional model for printing, its important to know what prints well and what does not.
While many people are familiar with floating point numbers in school math problems, theyre very useful in computing.
A bi-monthly magazine published 6 times a year, the magazine explores computer science and software programming. Its for kids, parents, teachers, and adults who want to learn and have fun with technology.
Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for December 2014 and January 2015.
My favorite (hopefully soon to be) dead language is Flash. I recall a COMDEX expo in the late 1990s where I passed a booth stuffed with young, blonde, impossibly cheerful people from San Diego, California who touted a great new technology which became Flash 1.0. Not much later, Macromedia bought their company and Adobe acquired Flash (and ColdFusion!) when it bought Macromedia in 2005. Flash solved the problem of presenting website content and form functionality in a more flexible way than the HTML table layouts common in the 1990s. At the time, CD-ROMs (Remember them? Maybe not) presented content in more dynamic and interesting ways than web pages. Flash worked a lot like CD-ROMs, with all the fun happening in a clearly defined rectangle on the web page.
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Here are a few dead programming languages that may or may not be dead. Your mileage will vary.
Of 8500 plus programming languages, many are forgotten or lightly used enough to be called dead programming languages.
The primary reason Perl may be a dead programming language is its origin as a CGI (common gateway interface) scripting language. CGI languages were created to manage form data on early web servers circa the mid to late 1990s. However, Perl evolved into a much more flexible and rich language. While I personally found Perl too flexible and, therefore, annoying to learn, real programmers swear by the language. Its also worth noting the PHP language, which also started as a CGI scripting language, is still widely used. Real programmers also tell new coders to avoid PHP, of course. But Perl and PHP work in a lot of projects.
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Of 8500 plus programming languages, many are forgotten or lightly used enough to be called dead programming languages.
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A basic introduction to 3D printing with concepts, examples, and a glossary of 3D terminology.
There are, apparently, at least 8500 programming languages in existence. Whether one or more of these languages is dead depends on your point of view.
An American living in the United Kingdom, Jill Hodges talks about how she started a summer technology camp for kids.
The mention of Ruby is instructive. While Twitter moved away from Ruby, and the language works differently from other languages, which bothers some coders, Ruby still works well in some coding projects. It makes a good language to learn in schools, for example, where you want programmers to develop a broad hands on experience with programming languages, how they work, and their limitations. Ruby is far from dead.
However, the web has moved on from CD-ROM style presentations. Sadly, Flash also became a security risk to use. People also resisted having to download the Flash player plugin for their web browser before they could see content. HTML5 also has appeared with an open standard way to deliver all kinds of content, without the security hassles or plugin software.
Practice problem solving skills programmers use every day.
This language is not to be confused with cold fusion, the so far hypothetical form of nuclear fusion. For a few years, I loved to tease a friend of mine one of his favorite programming languages, ColdFusion, was dead. ColdFusion was created in 1995 as a simple to use language to create web applications. It used HTML-like markup tags, called ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) to make it easy for developers to create software. Adobe bought the language when it bought Macromedia in 2005. It is used by many developers but unknown to most new coders. ColdFusion works on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and the Mac OS.
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Its possible to print your 3D project the same way you print a flyer at the UPS store. Here are several options.
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An updated list of commonly used programming languages, one way to measure the mortality of languages.
Are Perl, ColdFusion, and Flash truly dead languages when lots of people enjoy them and often are paid to work with these languagtes? Calling a programming language dead maybe is more a fun game and an indication of popularity.
About the name change from Kids, Code, and Computer Science
Why are there so many gnomes available for 3D printing?
One book teaches JavaScript in a fun way, the other computer science as fable.
There are many other candidates for dead programming languages. The links below explore these three languages, as well what makes a programming language dead.
3D printers may be new technology but there are several printers individuals, schools, and businesses might buy.
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