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"Ladder is outdated.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 ...
Machine Design

Understanding the Shrinking Role of Ladder Logic

When learning ladder logic, I was told that some new PLC systems were moving to scripted programming languages. My instructor assured us that we would not need to know anything other than ladder logic ...