I'm sure somebody has an idea somewhere.
Development of Programming Languages
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Development of Programming Languages
Can anyone shed some light on how programming languages are actually created? Like how was the great php language created? I've tried researching but the answers I've come across are not satisfactory and I keep running into documents about development with languages, not development of languages.
I'm sure somebody has an idea somewhere.
I'm sure somebody has an idea somewhere.
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The first two matches when googling for 'history of php language' seem pertinent:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hi ... gle+Search
I am sure you could replace 'php' with any language name and get reasonable information.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hi ... gle+Search
I am sure you could replace 'php' with any language name and get reasonable information.
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The entire API is written in C/C++. C/C++ are system languages and likely will remain the solution in this category for a while. Although .Net is radpily replacing C/C++ for application level software, I think C/C++ have a future with system level code for some time to come.I've heard and read that Windows (most versions?) were written in MS Visual C++. Can anyone confirm that?
Most Kernels are written in a mixture of Assembly, C and C++. Windows is no exception.