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Smalltalk and C were developed around the same time, which renders any argument to the effect of, "Smalltalk didn't get popular because it didn't use the C-styl
by mumblemumble 6y ago
Smalltalk and C were developed around the same time, which renders any argument to the effect of, "Smalltalk didn't get popular because it didn't use the C-style syntax that everyone knows and loves," uncompelling by virtue of being anachronistic.
- jimhefferon 6y agoExcept that C-style syntax existed before C.
- mumblemumble 6y agoThe earliest language I know of with syntax that really looks like C's is B, which is a whole three years older than C.
- protomyth 6y agoI remember people using the phrase Algol style, but that has faded out.
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