Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: A Note on Readability Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 10:36:47 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 24 Message-ID: <87d21tu91s.fsf@kst-u.example.com> References: <1d72d1ba-3317-4725-bedd-698843ca9c35@googlegroups.com> <0f9297b6-2d4c-4d12-8e97-470027248f72@googlegroups.com> <85343d47-257a-4403-9672-40991134ba13@googlegroups.com> <55587201.6548218@news.xs4all.nl> <67b5daac-4378-458c-a6d0-fbf4e20d8340@googlegroups.com> <29103fb2-ce27-4c7f-a189-8ff170f5e246@googlegroups.com> <555A2A66.1040201@verizon.net> <70adeda1-3b83-4a96-b57b-59ac062f0bc6@googlegroups.com> <87oalg2zq0.fsf@kst-u.example.com> <792ce9c8-075c-4b19-8a2f-ac75dab1a178@googlegroups.com> <0c8d256a-990c-4813-9f2f-eeed9955f83a@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9be37d943435275679235b07c7947eef"; logging-data="21372"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18UImIqXRoPi6Zy9JSDoG0v" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dVYujSRxfJ+JhnjKFe+vaQYN6dg= sha1:F/CjdqFyBcS02uUWf7JmOrutcyA= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:62421 David Kleinecke writes: > On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 10:02:45 AM UTC-7, Les Cargill wrote: >> Make Yer Own Darn Language And Leave C Alone. :) >> >> ( 'C' is going to get incrementally harder to improve as >> time passes . ) > > I prefer K&R C but not the commitment to a Unix environment. You prefer K&R C to C90? Do you find no value in function prototypes? > If I have > any goals at all it is to the ultimate computer language. > > Meaning 3000 CE Does that refer to the year 3000? I'm less than optimistic that we'll have an "ultimate computer language" by then. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"