På Fri, 02 May 2008 07:37:57 +0200, skrev xahlee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<xahlee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Of interest:
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> a blog post from Wolfram Research:
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>
http://blog.wolfram.com/2008/04/29/today-we-broke-the-bernoulli-record-from-the-analytical-engine-to-mathematica/
>
> this illustrates, partially, the power of having a full set of
> mathematical functions build in, as part of the language.
>
> from the perspective in the evolution of computer languages, one
> characteristics is that the language becomes easier to use with more
> power. e.g., assembly-like, C, Fortran, to C++, Java, to awk, bash,
> then Perl, Python, and tcl, PHP, VisualBasic, Javascript, NewLisp, and
> Mathematica.
>
> One way to put a language in a evolution class, is simply to think of
> how many lines of code is typical to do one thing. Another way to
> think of this is, what level of learning a language requires its user
> to use it.
>
> We could, for example, say that all languages in year 2020, will all
> have full mathematcial functions build in.
>
> See also:
> What is Expressiveness in a Computer Language
> http://xahlee.org/perl-python/what_is_expresiveness.html
>
> Xah
> xah@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ∑ http://xahlee.org/
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> ☄
If you actually want a general purpose language with supports
multi-paradigm programming why don't you check out a Oz implementation
like Mozart. I could mention: logic programming, pattern matching,
distributed programming, OO, functional programming with lazy evaluation.
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John Thingstad
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