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In fairness, while C++ was created by a Dane in America, anyone anywhere could request a feature addition to the language and it would be implemented, so I think C++ is truly an international language.


And the Ada example from the article describes a language adopted by and then heavily funded/legitimized by the US DoD (e.g. they funded GNU Ada, made it a requirement...)

Still, the article makes a useful point.


And if you take UNIX to mean Linux, that was created by a Finn.


And if you don't take UNIX to mean (only) Linux, then it was created at Bell Labs, and not by a Finn.


Can UNIX even mean Linux? I usually hear Linux described as UNIX-like.


Doesn't that apply to most modern languages? I know it does for JavaScript.


I think it was (mostly) just a joke about how many language features C++ has by implying they've never turned down a feature request.




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