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[crdoconnor]

I don't really see anything else that has taken its crown for systems programming.

[yoklov → crdoconnor]

C++ in a lot of places. And systems programming is a much smaller niche now than it used to be.

[Macha → crdoconnor]

Nothing has taken its place for <specific task> is a long way down from being one of the most popular languages for anything, like it was in the 90s