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0 pointspyrale3y ago0 comments

That's the language's claim, but it really feels weird to call oneself a direct descendent when the original language creator has not left the boat.

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kelipso3y ago· 2 in thread

It's just what a fork is, no?

pyraleOP3y ago

afaik, it's not a fork of Elm, they started from a clean slate.

Right I see. At any rate, C has hundreds of languages as its direct descendants, it's a common term used for programming languages.

zem3y ago

why? my parents are alive and I'm still their direct descendant (: it's just acknowledging the language's roots.

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