Comment Comment by nine_k Lambdas (in the cloud): see CGI scripts and inetd.Containers: see BSD jails, Solaris zones.WASM: see JVM and Smalltalk VM.Async / futures / actors: see Erlang, Lua, Oz.The cool type system of Typescript: see OCaml and Haskell.Numpy: see APL.Through the list above, there's usually a 20 to 40-year gap between the first availability and the turning into "new hotness". parent nine_k 2 years ago
Containers: see BSD jails, Solaris zones.
WASM: see JVM and Smalltalk VM.
Async / futures / actors: see Erlang, Lua, Oz.
The cool type system of Typescript: see OCaml and Haskell.
Numpy: see APL.
Through the list above, there's usually a 20 to 40-year gap between the first availability and the turning into "new hotness".