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It's called attaining divinity (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago

When I learnt programming (back in early 2000s) the textbook said C is a high level 3rd generation language with 4th gen languages being something higher (I don't remember what examples were given specifically). This is back when the java applets and action script for flash were the hot things. How I miss the days without the world being cursed by JS.

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago

I think C was 2nd, 3. is Java and Python, 4 SQL and 5th would be some hypothetical AI instruction language?

[-] thefool@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

SQL has been around since the 1970s

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 11 months ago

That doesn't mean it's not higher level than other languages from more recent times.

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Level means level of abstraction. Right?

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

When the gp's book says that C is a third generation language: I would guess the first generation is Fortran and the second generation contains ALGOL and BCPL. C was heavily influenced by BCPL. (get it? C comes after B)