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| From | Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Something C might need |
| Date | 2017-09-23 10:49 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <f2lickF4nmbU3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 09/23/17 09:34 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote: > On 09/22/2017 05:00 PM, Ian Collins wrote: >> On 09/23/17 07:45 AM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote: >>> >>> You are exerting efforts toward ruining the advancement of this >>> dying language, and I find it absolutely deplorable behavior, Ben, >>> both then in 2014-2016 and now. >> >> Which dying language would that be? I can see an elderly but healthy >> one and a pipe dream.... > > I think you use Solaris, so you might not be able to see graphics in > your web browser LOL, but if you look at the graph in this page: > > https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ > > ....you'll see C and Java both descending rapidly from 2014 at around > 18% or so, through until the present time, dropping down to about 8% > or so as many other new languages are coming up, those which offer > easier syntax than C, and less restrictions on data processing than > Java. At first glance, the maths in those tables doesn't add up with a 15% net drop in the top 20 languages.. > There is too much computing power available to make C worth coding > for in most cases anymore. If it wants to survive, it needs to > get with the times and implement some compiler features that may > take longer to compile, but provide developer with time-saving > additions. One quote of note on that page is "Applications that are written in a single programming language are getting rarer nowadays." which is very true. Each language has it's niche on a big project, so there's no need for any one language to provide the kitchen sink. Contemporary software projects are more akin to UNIX, with many small parts making up the whole, than the monolithic Windows world view! -- Ian
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Re: Something C might need Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-09-25 15:15 -0700
Re: Something C might need Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-09-25 17:49 -0500
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Re: Something C might need David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-09-26 21:50 +0200
Re: Something C might need supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-09-26 14:32 -0700
Re: Something C might need Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-09-26 22:34 +0200
Re: Something C might need supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-09-26 14:39 -0700
Re: Something C might need Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-09-25 19:38 +0100
Re: Something C might need "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-09-25 15:00 -0400
Re: Something C might need Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-09-25 12:29 -0700
Re: Something C might need David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-09-25 22:12 +0200
Re: Something C might need bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-09-22 11:38 +0100
Re: Something C might need Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 04:21 -0700
Re: Something C might need David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-09-22 14:54 +0200
Re: Something C might need Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-09-22 08:02 -0700
Re: Something C might need "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 06:49 -0700
Re: Something C might need Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-09-22 20:24 +0100
Re: Something C might need "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 12:45 -0700
Re: Something C might need Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-09-23 09:00 +1200
Re: Something C might need "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 17:34 -0400
Re: Something C might need Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-09-23 10:49 +1200
Re: Something C might need "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 19:25 -0400
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Re: Something C might need Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-09-23 11:52 +1200
Re: Something C might need "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 18:25 -0700
Re: Something C might need Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2017-09-23 13:36 +1200
Re: Something C might need "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2017-09-22 20:20 -0700
Rick says C is a dying language. (Was: Something C might need) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2017-09-23 09:15 +0000
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