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Everything that you mentioned was already available at the time in other languages. This is not innovation.

• bawolff 6y ago
  But to what extent was it available in a polished package? For example, everything in rust was available in other languages, i would still say it was innovative because it brought all that together into a polished package that made the right tradeoffs for mainstream usage.
  • gok 6y ago
    Java? Polished?
  • dependenttypes 6y ago
    > But to what extent was it available in a polished package? To a large extent. Both Smalltalk and Erlang were mature at that point in time. > everything in rust was available in other languages I am not doubting you but are you aware of any other language with affine types? I am not.
• smt88 6y ago
  What is the single language that had all these features?
  • dependenttypes 6y ago
    Smalltalk and Erlang for everything except the "webapps" part. For that there was flash.
    • smt88 6y ago
      OK. Java did all of it, including the web apps.
      • dependenttypes 6y ago
        Yes, we know that.