3 ms·
What languages were “radically” different when they were relased? My take: COBOL, C, SmallTalk, lisp, ML, prolog, Shell. I’m might be missing some, but I think
by jaredklewis 9y ago
What languages were “radically” different when they were relased? My take: COBOL, C, SmallTalk, lisp, ML, prolog, Shell. I’m might be missing some, but I think the pattern is clear. Only C remains among the most popular languages.
Almost all widely used languages today (c++, php, ruby, java, python, javascript, etc...) are incremental improvements on old ideas.
I think your opinion that the most used programming languages today are not “of any great value” to be bumpkis.
- oblio 9y agoI'd add SQL, Forth and Prolog. Haskell also, maybe?
- mbrock 9y agoHaskell was an "incremental" improvement on Miranda and a consolidation of features from a zoo of lazy functional languages sprouting forth from Landin's 1966 article "The Next 700 Programming Languages."
- kbp 9y agoWhat was radically different about C when it was released? It doesn't seem to stand out that much to me from the backdrop of BCPL, Algol, Bliss, Pascal, etc.
- moomin 9y agoI’d say you’re right, it wasn’t that different. I think what made the difference for C was Unix (and a very good introductory book).