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I don't think languages will really "progress" much, in the way that art doesn't progress. That's not to say it wont evolve to suite it's environment.
by dd444fgdfg 5y ago
I don't think languages will really "progress" much, in the way that art doesn't progress. That's not to say it wont evolve to suite it's environment.
- still_grokking 5y agoLarge parts of computer science are about languages. There is a lot of progress. (Research needs to be novel usually). Only that that progress arrives at mainstream usually 20+ years later, in very small batches. So it's not very visible when looking only on the practically relevant things.
- scns 5y agoVery much this. The idea for the borrow checker is from the 80s IIRC. Slowly approaching mainstream with Rust.