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The level of progress in programming language design

Shortly after the creation of the first programming language, its author declared the paradigm flawed and advocated for functional programming instead. It states that this occurred 46 years ago, yet the same original paradigm remains in use today.

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The level of progress in programming language design The level of progress in programming language design: Shortly after the first ever programming language was created, it’s author said that the language’s whole paradigm is flawed and we should do functional programming instead*. That was 46 years ago. We still use the same paradigm. Written on May 27, 2025

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abuseofnotation.github.io — original article The case against boolean logic A case against Boolean logic True and correct
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