Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Hans Aberg Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Have we reached the asymptotic plateau of innovation in programming la Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:06:24 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 14 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-03-024@comp.compilers> References: <12-03-019@comp.compilers> <12-03-021@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1331519404 35117 64.57.183.58 (12 Mar 2012 02:30:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 02:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: history Posted-Date: 11 Mar 2012 22:30:04 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com X-Received-Bytes: 1303 Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:491 On 2012/03/10 01:24, John Levine wrote: > On 2012/03/10 01:24, Derek M. Jones wrote: ... >> R copied Fortran syntax. But that has been around for a while. > [R? -John] Some PLs are listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages Most letters are already in use. :-) Hans