What is meant by influence by

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i.e java,c++,c#,erlang

Answer 1

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Answer 2

If you refer to generations of programming language, then "influenced by" would mean that a language may inherit syntactic or paradigm from another language(s) which were developed earlier. But "influenced" doesn't mean a language is designed exactly like the predecessor(s), some new features may be added to the language specification; at its earliest release and on as the language develops with time.

For example C++ is influenced by C, but C++ is not "just a copy" of C.