[IP] Lineage of C....
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From: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:20:46
To:dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc:"Mike O'Dell" <mo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Lineage of C....
B was a pretty direct adaptation of BCPL
when C added declarations, is was much closer
to Algol-68 than PL/1
neither PL/I's syntax nor its semantics were conducive
to a clear, compact extension to the previous language.
it also required far too much typing (grin)
as for C# as compared to Java,
"It's not better; it's certainly different."
good programming language design is High Art, and
having recently read a description of how C# came
to have (retain) all its points and sharp edges,
Gosling's design genius is only more apparent.
C# makes the same T=0 blunder as C++, only one
generation later:
C++ kept too much of C, C# keeps too much of C++
Gosling exploited the distinct advantage of not needing to
salvage an installed base.
cheers,
-mo
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