I guess I should have put a /s but I thought it was pretty obvious. The 68 in Algol 68 is 1968. COBOL is from 1959. Modula-2 is from 1977.
My point exactly was that all the hot new languages are built with LLVM while the “new” language options on GCC are languages from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.
I am not even exaggerating. That is just what the projects look like right now.
I think some are getting used actually, particularly COBOL. I think Modula-2 still gets used in some embedded contexts. But these languages are not exactly pushing the state-of-the-art.
Algol 68 is interesting. It is for sure just for academic and academic enthusiast purposes. Historical and educational value only as you say.
I guess I should have put a /s but I thought it was pretty obvious. The 68 in Algol 68 is 1968. COBOL is from 1959. Modula-2 is from 1977.
My point exactly was that all the hot new languages are built with LLVM while the “new” language options on GCC are languages from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.
I am not even exaggerating. That is just what the projects look like right now.
I would guess those languages are added for preservation and compatibility reasons, and it’s also an important thing
I think some are getting used actually, particularly COBOL. I think Modula-2 still gets used in some embedded contexts. But these languages are not exactly pushing the state-of-the-art.
Algol 68 is interesting. It is for sure just for academic and academic enthusiast purposes. Historical and educational value only as you say.
If Algol68 is from 1968, shouldn’t Modula-2 be from 1898?
I had my suspicions that that’s what you were going for, I just thought I’d make it obvious.