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Re:Crystal 1.2.0 by jhoechtl on Friday October 15, 2021 @03:03AM (#28875140)
> In 2021 Java and C# aren't the same languages as in 2021

IMHO beginning with the addition of Linq C# walks the way of C++. It is increasingly becoming a language of many faces / aspects. Don't know if this is a good thing.

Re:Crystal 1.2.0 by pjmlp on Friday October 15, 2021 @06:20AM (#28876181)
Programing languages are products, like everything else, adapt, or stagnate and slowly die away.

Even C23 isn't the same as K&R C.

Re:Crystal 1.2.0 by regularfry on Friday October 15, 2021 @05:29AM (#28875883)
That was, what, 2007? I'm not sure "increasingly becoming" is the right description here.