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Development of Programming Languages

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:06 pm
by erupt
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. :x

I'm sure somebody has an idea somewhere.

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:32 pm
by Christopher
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.

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:49 pm
by Kieran Huggins
I heard C was written in order to write UNIX... Dennis Ritchie @ Bell Labs if I recall.

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:11 pm
by erupt
I've heard and read that Windows (most versions?) were written in MS Visual C++. Can anyone confirm that?

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:41 am
by feyd
erupt wrote:I've heard and read that Windows (most versions?) were written in MS Visual C++. Can anyone confirm that?
The core of Windows is written in C/C++, but may components are written in Visual Basic.

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:43 pm
by alex.barylski
I've heard and read that Windows (most versions?) were written in MS Visual C++. Can anyone confirm that?
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.

Most Kernels are written in a mixture of Assembly, C and C++. Windows is no exception.