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The Sunset of C and C++
- wglb 12y agoWell C and C++, the father(s) of almost every programming language isn't quite true. Consider Jean Sammet's cataloging of languages, and Fortran (Originally FORTRAN), COBOL, Lisp, FORTH. All of these are real-world languages of which C bears no ancestry. Rather the other way around. Oh, and don't forget about BLISS.
- nwmcsween 12y agoC isn't c++, you could have compiled unmodified c in a c++ compiler about 20 years ago. Rust is a more refined c++.