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> In the late 1950s a committee was formed to design a universal, machine-independent programming language. I swear we still have not learned from our mistakes
by joeblau 11y ago
> In the late 1950s a committee was formed to design a universal, machine-independent programming language.
I swear we still have not learned from our mistakes; Although now its platform-independent with the platforms being mobile, desktop, and web.
- pyre 11y agoWell, the machines got complex enough that we created operating systems to abstract them, and they became their own little sandboxes.
- bunderbunder 11y agoI'm not sure the dream was such a mistake. We now have that language, though it may not be quite what Algol's designers were hoping for. It's C.