My point exactly was that all the hot new languages are built with LLVM while the “new” language options on GCC are languages from the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s.

I am not even exaggerating. That is just what the projects look like right now.

[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

If Algol68 is from 1968, shouldn't Modula-2 be from 1898?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would guess those languages are added for preservation and compatibility reasons, and it's also an important thing

[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

I think some are getting used actually, particularly COBOL. I think Modula-2 still gets used in some embedded contexts. But these languages are not exactly pushing the state-of-the-art.

Algol 68 is interesting. It is for sure just for academic and academic enthusiast purposes. Historical and educational value only as you say.

[–] parlaptie@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

I had my suspicions that that's what you were going for, I just thought I'd make it obvious.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

It's new to gcc!