Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: "Derek M. Jones" Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: language design after Algol 60, was Add nested-function support Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:06:44 +0100 Organization: virginmedia.com Lines: 15 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <18-04-040@comp.compilers> References: <49854345-f940-e82a-5c35-35078c4189d5@gkc.org.uk> <18-03-103@comp.compilers> <18-03-042@comp.compilers> <18-03-047@comp.compilers> <18-03-075@comp.compilers> <18-03-079@comp.compilers> <18-03-101@comp.compilers> <18-04-002@comp.compilers> <18-04-003@comp.compilers> <18-04-004@comp.compilers> <18-04-026@comp.compilers> <18-04-039@comp.compilers> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="10734"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: history, design Posted-Date: 11 Apr 2018 17:08:38 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:2058 Hans-Peter, >> Something like 30 languages per year get non-trivial implementations. > > IMO it's not so much the implementation that distinguishes languages, > instead it's their domain and, with big projects in mind, their design > and debug features (strict typing...). I got my data from: http://hopl.info/ (sadly, no longer maintained). They get their data from published papers. There are probably hundreds of non-trivial domain specific languages created every year. We don't get to hear about them because no paper is published describing them.