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		pjmlp on May 2, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: C Is Not a Low-Level Language Which is a sad state of affairs, programming language history should be a required part of curriculum.

kazinator on May 2, 2018 [–]

Well, there is a big jump between knowing about historic programming languages and familiarity. I know a few things about SNOBOL, but I couldn't sit down and start coding in it without some ramp-up period.

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