There are two ways to create the 100 year language: create a language that is a universe unto itself (lisp), become indispensable and grow endless cruft to accommodate a changing world around you (c++, JavaScript)
Hearing the point you're making, and strongly agree with it. Maybe slightly off topic; but where do you feel C falls within this framing?
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I think C is basically a dead language, which persists mainly because important pieces of infrastructure use it for historical reasons, and the skill of writing it is tied to the skill of writing C++, a zombie language, so it does not become forgotten.
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It seems plausible to me that if C++ had not been designed to be backward compatible with C, C would be like FORTRAN today.
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