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		layer8 on Sept 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The lost language extensions of MetaWare's High C ... CLU had for loops with iterators (generators) and yield in the mid–late 1970s [0]. The Icon programming language around the same time had similar generator features [1] (with yield spelled “suspend”). Ada (1983) also had such features I believe. These weren’t completely unknown language features. [0] https://publications.csail.mit.edu/lcs/pubs/pdf/MIT-LCS-TR-2... [1] https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/800055.802034

Agingcoder on Sept 25, 2024 [–]

Ada didn’t have generators back then and still doesn’t ( I think its being considered for inclusion soon ). But it had all the other features.

LiamPowell on Sept 26, 2024 | [–]

A task type with an entry is effectively a generator.

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