Influence On Other Programming Languages
- Python and Ruby borrowed several concepts from CLU (such as call by sharing, the yield statement, and multiple assignment)
- CLU and Ada were major inspirations for C++ templates.
- CLU's exception handling mechanisms also influenced newer languages like Java and C++.
- All objects in a CLU program live in the heap, and memory management is automatic. These elements directly influenced Java.
- Python, C#, and Sather include iterators, which first appeared in CLU.
- Lua took multiple assignment and multiple returns from function calls from CLU.
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