Re: "C's Biggest Mistake"

From	Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: "C's Biggest Mistake"
Date	2018-04-16 21:39 -0700
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"Patrick.Schluter" <Patrick.Schluter@free.fr> writes:

> Le 09.04.2018 at 07:04, Tim Rentsch a ecrit:
>
>>> [The article at]
>>> http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/cs-biggest-mistake/228701625
>>>
>> [gives a sketch of a proposal for array descriptors in C
>>  that Tim hopes people will read.]
>
> He actually implemented his proposition and it was so nice that he
> proposed a whole new C(++) derived language out of it:  D.  Check it
> out, it's quite nice.

If you look on the acknowledgements page, you will see my name
on the list of people who have contributed to the D language
project.

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Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-04-08 22:04 -0700
  Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-08 23:23 -0700
  Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" "Patrick.Schluter" <Patrick.Schluter@free.fr> - 2018-04-13 20:38 +0200
    Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-04-16 21:39 -0700
      Re: "C's Biggest Mistake" Steven Petruzzellis <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-04-16 22:39 -0700

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