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Icon also provided GvR with the inspiration for Python’s generators: https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5948 https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5948 I had
by twoodfin 1y ago
Icon also provided GvR with the inspiration for Python’s generators:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5948 https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5948
I had a period where I studied a new, obscure programming language almost daily; Icon stood out as one of the most interesting & relevant from a modern perspective.
- mananaysiempre 1y agoIcon frequently gets mentioned that way, yes, but I feel that’s something of a disservice to it: it’s much weirder and more fun than you’d think looking at Python’s yield. One wouldn’t think a reasonable imperative language would have new things to say about basic control-flow constructs; one would be wrong.