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: "Derek M. Jones" Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Have we reached the asymptotic plateau of innovation in programming language design? Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:54:13 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 16 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-03-015@comp.compilers> References: <12-03-012@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1331252636 81626 64.57.183.58 (9 Mar 2012 00:23:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:23:56 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: history, design Posted-Date: 08 Mar 2012 19:23:56 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:482 All, > Research in Programming Languages > Is there still research to be done in Programming Languages? > http://tagide.com/blog/2012/03/research-in-programming-languages/ Interesting post that spurred me into writing something related: http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2012/03/08/the-fatal-programming-language-research-mistake/ > [Personally, I'd say there's been precious little new in programming > languages since Simula gave us OOP in the late 1960s. In your responses, > please remember this is comp.compilers, not comp.semicolon-placement.flame. > -John] I thought that we had now progressed on to whether indentation should be part of the language syntax ;-)