alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agoIt's called attaining divinitysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1572arrow-down123
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minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWhen the gp’s book says that C is a third generation language: I would guess the first generation is Fortran and the second generation contains ALGOL and BCPL. C was heavily influenced by BCPL. (get it? C comes after B)
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI think we mean different kinds of “generations”.
When the gp’s book says that C is a third generation language: I would guess the first generation is Fortran and the second generation contains ALGOL and BCPL. C was heavily influenced by BCPL. (get it? C comes after B)
I think we mean different kinds of “generations”.