IL is gone, but Ladder remains—why does PLC Ladder logic survive even in the era of Structured Text?

"Ladder is outdated. The future of PLCs is Structured Text (ST)."In the world of FA, you sometimes see this kind of ...
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DirectSOFT Version 6

AutomationDirect’s DirectSOFT6 PLC programming software, the 32-bit Windows certified programming software for the entire DirectLOGIC line of PLCs, provides faster status updates and contains many new ...