Re: compiler writing as a career?

"Kevin André" <Kevin.Andre@pandora.be>
28 Jun 2004 19:57:58 -0400

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From: "Kevin André" <Kevin.Andre@pandora.be>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 28 Jun 2004 19:57:58 -0400
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References: 04-06-015 04-06-021 04-06-049
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Posted-Date: 28 Jun 2004 19:57:58 EDT

> Just we had to stop before it really was finished. The problem is that
> hardly anyone is willing to spend money on a new programming language
> this days. So I can not see any way to produce a new language which
> makes economcal sense. Well it definitly has made sense for Sun to
> work on Java. But how many millions (billions?) have been spend on
> it's development?


It's also very hard to come up with a new language that is much better
than the ones that already exist. And if a new language is not
significantly better than the ones there already are, then probably
(almost) nobody will learn it.


> I can not name one new programming language in the last 10 years which
> has brought up a new company like Borland. Feel free to correct me
> about this.


Can a new language bring up a new company?
--


Kevin André

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