Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: SLK Systems Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Have we reached the asymptotic plateau of innovation in programming la Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 10:21:31 -0500 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 20 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-03-014@comp.compilers> References: <12-03-012@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1331249272 73010 64.57.183.58 (8 Mar 2012 23:27:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:27:52 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: history, design, comment Posted-Date: 08 Mar 2012 18:27:52 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:481 >Personally, I'd say there's been precious little new in programming >languages since Simula gave us OOP in the late 1960s. Yes, and milestones prior to that were assembly language - easier than binary coding COBOL - promoting the use of descriptive identifiers And some later significant developments were C language - standardizing the syntax of procedural programming Wintel - standardizing the sub-programming language layer http://slkpg.byethost7.com [Some of us who programmed in ANSI Standard Fortran 66 and PL/I 76 might take issue with the claim that C standardized procedural programming. Standard high level procedural interfaces to operating systems aren't new either, Burroughs had them in Algol in the 1960s. -John]