[Info-vax] The Kotlin language, something for VMS as well?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/13/2017 9:16 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <ok6bau$2mf$2 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> On 7/12/2017 9:52 AM, Bob Koehler wrote:
>>>      I see they're still sticking with all the inherint problems inherited
>>>      from C syntax.
>>>
>>>      Will youngsters never learn?
>>
>> I prefer begin end over { }, but { } won that war, so new languages tend
>> to chose { } to ease the learning curve for absolute beginners.
> 
>     In my grey-haired opinion, it hasn't been that long since Python was
>     a new language.

Python is older than many people realize. It is from 1991!

But you are right - Python is usually considered a new language - and
it chose a very different style. So it is possible to create
new successful languages not using { }.

Arne