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A language that doesn't use 'C'?

Just curious. I may be wrong, but as far as I know, most languages are created using 'C' sources.

For example: perl , php , python, java(?), go ...

Is there any language that doesn't use C as a low level interpreter/compiler ? (fortran ?)

Solution

  • Any compiled language that predates C has (had?) compilers that weren't themselves dependent on C.

    There was an old Lisp compiler that was written in Lisp (back when Lisp was the only Lisp).

    Fortran, Algol, SNOBOL, Forth, Smalltalk, Simula, Pascal, APL, COBOL, MUMPS, LOGO and BCPL were also completely free of C.