Re: Modern Programming Language Concepts

On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 03:29:09PM +0200, Helmut Enck-Radana wrote:
> Sorry, misunderstood you. In this case it is even more difficult to give an 
> answer to your question. There are a lot of programming language concepts 
> which aren't compatible with each other, and the problem with more 
> traditional languages is not only that you can't do things which you should 
> be able to do, but also (and may be even more) that you can do things which 
> you shouldn't be able to do (like e.g. modifying the value of a variable). 
> Finding out how language features can be combined which originally weren't 
> meant to be combined seems to be a very difficult task, since AFAIK there 
> is still no language which combines at least most of the important advanced 
> language concepts, which separately are well understood.
> 
> I read some interesting discussions between the developers of Python on 
> integrating some advanced concepts into their implementation. Most 
> proposals are dropped after thinking about the consequences more 
> thoroughly. Still they managed to add some fine features to their language. 
> What was possible in Python should also be possible in Perl. (But I'm not 
> up-to-date regarding the development of Perl - may be these things are 
> there already.)

I'm going to be blunt again.

This is complete waffle, designed to make you sound like you're saying
something intelligent when in fact you're saying nothing useful at all.

Let's try again: name a single development in modern programming language
research that has been bypassed by the industry.

Simon