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Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C

From Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C
Date 2022-04-25 08:32 -0700
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Am 02.03.2022 um 05:45 schrieb Lynn McGuire:

[...]

>>> What is your definition of a modern language ?
>>
>> OOP,
>
> Simula, 1967.
>
>
>> RAII,
>
> ADA, 1980.

I think it was done earlier in other languages, although
I don't have a specific reference.

>> generic programming,
>
> ML, 1973.
>
>> functional programming,
>
> Lisp, 1970's.

Lisp goes back to 1958, the second oldest programming
language still in common use.

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Re: Linus Torvalds prepares to move the Linux kernel to modern C Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-04-25 08:32 -0700

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