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Why do they keep making new languages (lemmy.stonansh.org)

submitted 2 years ago by lemmy@lemmy.stonansh.org to c/programming@programming.dev

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Why are there so many programming languages? And why are there still being so many made? I would think you would try to perfect what you have instead of making new ones all the time. I understand you need new languages sometimes like quantumcomputing or some newer tech like that. But for pc you would think there would be some kind of universal language. I'm learning java btw. I like programming languages. But was just wondering.

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[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

well … we all know the perfect programming language was created way back in 1960

[–] troye888@lemmy.one 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

(What do (you) mean? ( Lisp certainly has its (downsides) and (upsides)))

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

(do (What) (you mean))
(has Lisp (and (its downsides) (its upsides)))

[Lisp would be a VSO language]

[–] yaniv@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago

We should make one programming language to rule them all!

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards_2x.png