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On 22/04/2013, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote:
> [Java] did dynamic memory management but _kept_ static
> typing, then realized how dumb taht was

So they realized that it's a damn good idea, but somehow made a crap
language nevertheless.

Haskell, for example, does dynamic memory allocation with static
types, and quite often wins.

> So back to the "new generation of system languages": C is a portable
> assembly language. It's a category killer in that niche, the best there
> is at what it does that's already killed off competitors like Pascal.

So on that note, I deem Haskell would be a categorical category killer (^_^)

Cheers,
Strake