Re:An opinionated history of programming languages
by ncmncm on Saturday October 03, 2020 @09:18PM
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Yet, other languages are, also, only just getting similar features.
The author seems to prefer to mention languages that are still taught and used, and to neglect those that are not. It being an "opinionated" history, I can only find fault where he breaks his own rules. Maybe he should mention Korn shell, for example, which became Posix shell and bash. But only Bourne shell features affected modern languages.
Re:An opinionated history of programming languages
by notacoward on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:00AM
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Did you notice that the author added Algol and Simula since we had this exchange? Kinda blows apart your theory of what the criteria were.
Not the only area in which C++ is 30 years (and counting) behind state of the art.
> When was the last time
The OP is supposedly about history, thus current usage is irrelevant. There's no longer a Mongol Empire either, but its existence is still historically important and only the worst kind of dilettante would try to write a history of the world without mentioning it.