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Are there contemporary programming languages that do NOT have the ability to import functions or values or whatever from other files? Are there situations in which that would be a feature? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by snek_boi@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] AnOceanAppears@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Another example comes to mind of a company, General Magic, that designed a programming language with a similar Capabilities system meant to restrict access to functions and code on their devices with the idea of copyright enforcement in mind as a primary use case. There's a documentary about the device if you're interested: https://www.generalmagicthemovie.com