Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index

From	Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index
Date	2013-08-16 19:48 +1200
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Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 8/15/2013 9:17 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
>> Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> wrote:
>>
>> (snip, someone wrote)
>>>> What do you mean by "written in C / C++" ?
>>>> Are some parts written in C, and other parts in C++?
>>
>> Mostly they are different languages, but ...
>>
>> There is an old story that you can write Fortran in any language.
>>
>> Most likely my Java looks more like C than someone writing Java
>> who never learned C.
>>
>>> Much of it is C code pretending to be C++ code.
>>> 800K lines.  About half of the code was written
>>> before 1990.
>>
>> Probably should just call it C.
>>
>> -- glen
>
> Nope, the code written since 2000 is true C++
> and uses polymorphism, inheritance, operator
> overloading and virtual methods to the extreme.
> That is about 400K lines of C++.  Really works
> well and is fast to boot.

What's the betting it'll run like a three legged dog once it's converted 
to Java?

> BTW, our calculation engine is 750K lines of F77,
> 5K lines of C and 5K lines of C++.

That would be even more interesting as Java...

-- 
Ian Collins

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Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 11:29 -0500
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Mark Storkamp <mstorkamp@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-14 11:49 -0500
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 12:05 -0500
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-14 13:37 -0400
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-14 18:26 +0000
          Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-14 15:13 -0400
            Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-14 13:02 -0700
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 15:30 -0500
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-14 12:56 -0500
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-15 17:02 +0300
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2013-08-15 19:32 +0000
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Jens Stuckelberger <Jens_Stuckelberger@nowhere.net> - 2013-08-14 16:55 +0000
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-14 17:16 +0000
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 12:20 -0500
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-14 18:33 +0000
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-08-14 19:59 +0000
          Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 20:43 +0000
            Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2013-08-18 09:33 +0000
              Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2013-08-18 21:16 +0000
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2013-08-14 20:06 +0000
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.invalid> - 2013-08-14 19:35 +0200
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 15:34 -0500
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-14 13:42 -0400
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-14 10:54 -0700
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-14 15:38 -0500
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-08-15 05:45 +0100
  Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-15 14:56 -0500
    Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2013-08-15 20:29 +0000
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-15 13:42 -0700
      Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-15 20:05 -0500
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-16 02:17 +0000
          Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-16 00:15 -0500
            Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-08-16 19:48 +1200
              Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-16 11:55 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 20:48 +0000
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-18 22:32 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-08-19 15:40 +1200
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-19 11:45 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-19 12:56 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-19 14:16 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-19 16:43 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-20 11:12 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-22 16:12 +0300
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-20 11:49 +0300
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-08-20 04:52 -0500
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-22 14:46 +0300
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-22 11:02 -0500
                [OT] Javascript performance (was: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index) Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2013-08-20 11:47 +0200
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-19 13:50 -0700
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-19 17:11 -0400
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-20 12:05 +0300
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-19 22:06 +0000
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2013-08-20 11:56 +0200
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-21 03:41 -0700
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-19 02:05 -0700
                Re: [OT] Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-08-19 21:10 +1200
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2013-08-19 08:24 -0700
                Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-19 11:47 -0500
        Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-16 07:00 -0400
          Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2013-08-16 04:07 -0700
            Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2013-08-16 08:07 -0400
              Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-16 16:44 +0000
              Re: Java tops C as most popular language in developer index Lynn McGuire <lmc@winsim.com> - 2013-08-16 11:51 -0500

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