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Maybe some ALGOL 58 while we're at it too. (lemmy.cringecollective.io)

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Maybe some ALGOL 58 while we're at it too.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I wonder, if this is another effect of LLMs. Maybe it's just really easy and lucrative to generate+sell books for these old languages.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Most of the COBOL material never made it into the internet. Like the actual instruction manuals for the languages. Also a vast majority that do have it on the internet have it under paywall. I notice that anything that is under paywall, the LLMs suddenly dont do as well. I think its because they only train them on the "open" internet.