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Earlier than or in 1993: - C++: 1979- - Objective C: 1984 - Split-C: 1993 Later than 1993: - C--: 1997 - C#: 2000 - D: 2001 See also: https://en.wikiped

by jll29 2y ago

Earlier than or in 1993: - C++: 1979- - Objective C: 1984 - Split-C: 1993 Later than 1993: - C--: 1997 - C#: 2000 - D: 2001 See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_C-family_programming_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_C-family_programming_l... (but this list goes a bit too far IMHO)

trealira 2y ago
There was also this extension of C called Concurrent C, which has its own book called The Concurrent C Programming Language, originally published in 1989. I don't see it on the Wikipedia page, which is why I'm saying it here.
bonzini 2y ago
I would consider Rust to be informed enough by C, that it can be considered a descendent—as much as D, and more so than C# (which is more of a Java-descendent; and while Java's syntax is based on C, that's where it ends).
- geoelectric 2y ago
  C# was also at least somewhat informed by Delphi, the Object Pascal variant the same architect created just prior to MS luring him away from Borland.
fanf2 2y ago
awk: 1977 csh: 1978 perl: 1987 Java: 1995 JavaScript: 1995 C-- is more a compiler intermediate/back-end language, not intended to be written by people
- sneed_chucker 2y ago
  I would add PHP to the list as well
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  In what sense is perl descended from C?
  - hatsuseno 2y ago
    In the multiple inheritance sense, but I wouldn't call it a descendant either. Larry "simply" scrounged around in '87 and looked at everything he could to put into his awk-but-better tool. In his own words C was a big part of that, with BCPL in the back of his mind.
  - fanf2 2y ago
    Curly bracket blocks, much of the statement syntax, the operator hierarchy, many of the standard functions.
msla 2y ago
Then there's Cyclone, from 2001 to 2006, which intended to be a systems programming language that could be extensively checked for safety at compile time. Rust has taken over its basic concept. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_%28programming_language%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_%28programming_languag...

by jll29 2y ago

trealira 2y ago

There was also this extension of C called Concurrent C, which has its own book called The Concurrent C Programming Language, originally published in 1989. I don't see it on the Wikipedia page, which is why I'm saying it here.

bonzini 2y ago

I would consider Rust to be informed enough by C, that it can be considered a descendent—as much as D, and more so than C# (which is more of a Java-descendent; and while Java's syntax is based on C, that's where it ends).

geoelectric 2y ago
C# was also at least somewhat informed by Delphi, the Object Pascal variant the same architect created just prior to MS luring him away from Borland.

fanf2 2y ago

awk: 1977 csh: 1978 perl: 1987 Java: 1995 JavaScript: 1995 C-- is more a compiler intermediate/back-end language, not intended to be written by people

sneed_chucker 2y ago
I would add PHP to the list as well
thaumasiotes 2y ago
In what sense is perl descended from C?
- hatsuseno 2y ago
  In the multiple inheritance sense, but I wouldn't call it a descendant either. Larry "simply" scrounged around in '87 and looked at everything he could to put into his awk-but-better tool. In his own words C was a big part of that, with BCPL in the back of his mind.
- fanf2 2y ago
  Curly bracket blocks, much of the statement syntax, the operator hierarchy, many of the standard functions.

msla 2y ago

Then there's Cyclone, from 2001 to 2006, which intended to be a systems programming language that could be extensively checked for safety at compile time. Rust has taken over its basic concept. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_%28programming_language%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_%28programming_languag...