what is the definition of new programming language

[Regan Heath]

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?

When I first found D it was all the smaller changes/differences which 
made me think "hey, that's cool".  These things added up over time and I 
formed a general impression which was "wow, this is really cool".

Each time D improves, like the recent "full closures" feature, I think 
"hey, that's cool" all over again.  So, with D, given my long history in 
C/C++ etc, it's wasn't an immediate "wow" effect that I got but a 
gradual build up of "wow" if you will.

Regan