Re: Ada and Java/C++

[gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com]

Le lundi 27 août 2012 16:35:23 UTC+2, Nomen Nescio a écrit :

> Sure it does! Anything based on C will be popular.

Mmmh - but there are plenty of unpopular C-based languages, especially in the "yet-another-safer-C" area...
You need marketing, timing (a new technology appearing), and often support from a large company to have a chance of making a popular language.

> That does not mean it's good...but it will be popular.
> And conversely, anything not based on C will probably not be popular.

I rather agree with the latter ("popular => [has good chances to be] based on C") than the former ("based on C => popular").
The tradition is your friend ;-) ...
Basically, you need the following for your brand new popular language:
- the PDP-11 macro-assembler syntax
- force almost all objects to be heap-allocated (optionally, if you want to look a bit modern, you hide the explicit pointers and provide a garbage collector).
- something else (anyone ?...) ?
With some business talent you make uncompatible versions of the language over time and provide costly services for the upgrades to your captive customers.
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