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Re:Cell Lang: Why yet another programming language? by abirch on Thursday June 30, 2022 @12:18PM (#31934752)
Programming languages can be similar to bacterial DNA. Even if the language never gains broad acceptance, parts of it may be incorporated into other languages.
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Re:Cell Lang: Why yet another programming language? by gscho on Thursday June 30, 2022 @03:57PM (#31937773)
I like to think of it like music. For each Nirvana type band there needed to be many Pixies and Melvins type bands to influence them.
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