what is the definition of new programming language

[Bill Baxter]

Sean wrote:
> Maybe this is an old topic or maybe this is a stupid question. But I am really confusing about it.
> I learned C programming language in high school, and then I learned C++ in the first year in university. C++ likes opening a new world to me and gives me a new feeling about how to think the problems and how to construct the programs.
> The D language has lots of good features, I am exciting about these features, but I can not feel as exciting as when I learn the C++ language. I do not know weather because it does not have a new thinking style about how to programming or something else.
> Anyway, it is a really good language. But what is the definition of new programming language?

One created after C++?  What does it matter?

If you want the same sort of Wow! you got going from C to C++, maybe you 
should learn a functional programming language next, like Scheme, Lisp, 
Haskell or OCaml.  Then come back to D when you're done having fun and 
ready to do some real work.  :-)

--bb