How do programming languages get created, and what goes into design decisions? This question was originally answered on Quora by Keno Fischer.

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C++ programming language: How it became the invisible foundation for everything, and what’s next Your email has been sent Powerful, flexible, complex: The origins of C++ date back 40 years, yet ...

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