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Subject: Re: Array allocated on stack or heap
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:45:49 +1300
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On 03/20/17 08:24 AM, BartC wrote:
> On 19/03/2017 19:00, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 19/03/2017 13:36, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>>> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>> =[>>
>>>>> Can you see any disadvantages in having two closely related C-like
>>>>> languages?
>>>>
>>>> Nothing?
>>>
>>> I don't see any significant problems. If the split did arise, then I'm
>>> sure the two would be clearly distinguished.
>>
>> I thought as much.
>
> I posted a cut-down reply. Obviously it wasn't enough.
>
> We already have a number of languages, pre-C90, C90, C99, C11, plus
> various dialects and the use of assorted extensions, all called "C".

Why do some C programmers obsess over this?

You never hear a Java or Python programmer saying anything like that, 
they just use the latest.

-- 
Ian