Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cl4 (programming language)


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 13:30, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Cl4 (programming language)

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Contested prod. Unnotable programming language. Fails WP:GNG, WP:NSOFT. &#8213; Padenton &#124;&#9993;  05:50, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Lakun.patra (talk) 06:24, 2 April 2015 (UTC)


 * DELETE No sources at all. I tried a few search term variants on Google, and all I found was a single 9 year old forum post mentioning it. Alsee (talk) 06:53, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, zero references not counting the now removed dead home page link. The PROD contest came with an empty edit history comment, that was the second SPA contribution 16 months after the creation of this article. –Be..anyone (talk) 07:00, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete So rare that nobody has heard about it perhaps? I have read multiple textbooks about programming language construction and have never encountered this. (don&#39;t talk secrets) (talk) 07:02, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete. I couldn't find anything about this in Google scholar, and it has no sources that would suggest any other kind of notability. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:31, 5 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Based on what little is known, Cl4 appears to have been designed in particular with embedded systems and Client/Server applications in mind. I thought I had a few promising leads on finding some more info, but they've all petered out. :-(   Ceannlann gorm (talk) 17:27, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep: At the very least I would suggest that it falls under WP:NOEFFORT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ceannlann gorm (talk • contribs) 11:09, April 8, 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete A programming language that the article claims was "used widely in Australia, and some of the Asia Pacific region" should have a fair number of people trained in its usage as well as things such as reference books, journal mentions, and probably even a couple of websites supporting its user community. I have repeated the web searches mentioned above and received the same results.  The lack of sources where they should be found clearly shows lack of notability and also suggests that this article may be a hoax. --Allen3 talk 11:42, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: On the other hand, just because it's obscure doesn't mean it's automatically a hoax. Ceannlann gorm (talk) 10:24, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: It may be just a coincidence, but the original Siemens / Keith & Koep SIMpad was referred to as CL4. Ceannlann gorm (talk) 10:35, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 * EDIT: Thought there might be a CL4 language/Qtopia linkage, but it was probably just a coincidence after all. Ceannlann gorm (talk) 10:54, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
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