Re:The Go Programming Language, or: Why all C-like languages...
by parenthesis on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @07:29AM
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C is a C-like language.
C++, being a superset of a language very similar to C, is a C-like language.
Objective-C, as a superset of C, is a C-like language.
But Java? and Javascript? They both have C-style syntax, but apart from that they are both very different from C (and from each other).
Please don't say `C-like' when mere `C-style syntax' is meant. (And please don't think that having similar syntax implies any other close similarity between languages.)
Re:The Go Programming Language, or: Why all C-like languages...
by haldean on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @07:23PM
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From a scope and features standpoint, C++ and Java are quite similar. I would guess that that's why Java made the cut. No idea where Javascript came from, though.
But Java? and Javascript? They both have C-style syntax, but apart from that they are both very different from C (and from each other).
Please don't say `C-like' when mere `C-style syntax' is meant. (And please don't think that having similar syntax implies any other close similarity between languages.)