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The postscript: This comic mainly aims to popularize the development history and application scope of programming languages. C Language/C++ has always been the top choice for system-level programming, dominating fields such as operating systems, compilers, networks, databases, and high-performance server-side software. Perhaps in the future, Rust may pose a threat to them. In the web programming domain, various languages like PHP, Python, and Ruby are competing, while Java stands out in enterprise application development, attracting countless programmers with its Spring ecosystem. As the bottleneck in web programming is no longer the CPU but I/O, Java has also made breakthroughs in some server-side software, surpassing C/C++. In the big data field, Java leads the way in data collection, storage, and computation, while languages like Python excel in data analysis based on this foundation. The Go language has surprisingly penetrated the cloud computing and backend programming fields, with limitless potential ahead. Overall, I believe there are two key points to note: 1. Each language has its own characteristics and applicable scope, and there is no absolute superiority. 2. Application layer programming changes rapidly (especially JS), while low-level programming changes relatively little.