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		igouy on July 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why do new(ish) programming languages esch... > simply namespaces 1980 module, Modula-2 1979? package, Ada http://www.drdobbs.com/open-source/history-and-goals-of-modu...

Redoubts on July 1, 2019 [–]

Not sure what this says, except that this industry remains terrible about learning from the past.

igouy on July 1, 2019 | [–]

It might say people really wanted more than simply namespaces ;-)

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