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Re: "core C"

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: "core C"
Date 2015-07-01 07:54 -0700
Organization None to speak of
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David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> writes:
> On 01/07/15 02:30, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
>>> On Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 11:52:42 PM UTC+1, Ian Collins wrote:
>>>> Malcolm McLean wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Because all code has to do a little bit of flow control and
>>>>> arithmetical work. But algorithm implementation does just that,
>>>>> together with memory allocation. Other code needs things like
>>>>> thread control, timings and interrupts for reading data from ports,
>>>>> and high-level concepts like windows. You can get rid of all that
>>>>> for a lot of algorithms development.
>>>>
>>>> In other words use standard C as is, not some rehash.
>>>>
>>> ANSI C is pretty good for the purpose, yes.
>> 
>> By "ANSI C", do you mean the language defined by the 1989 ANSI standard
>> (complete with the implicit int rule)?  Or do you mean the version
>> defined by the 2011 ISO C standard, which is the only one currently
>> recognized by ANSI?
>
> Let's just say "standard C", and skip the details.

That would be ISO C.  (But that doesn't tell us what Malcolm meant by
it.)

>                                                     The point is, I
> think, that ordinary, everyday C that we know and love is suitable - we
> don't need a new "Core C" to do the sorts of jobs Malcolm is talking about.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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"

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"core C" Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-30 08:38 +0200
  Re: "core C" jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-06-30 07:54 +0000
    Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-30 02:55 -0700
    Re: "core C" Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-30 17:31 +0200
      Re: "core C" Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-30 18:15 +0200
        Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 12:19 -0700
  Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 04:27 -0700
    Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 04:48 -0700
      Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 13:07 +0100
        Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 05:15 -0700
    Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 13:02 +0100
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 05:13 -0700
        Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 13:58 +0100
          Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 06:11 -0700
            Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 15:11 +0100
              Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 07:50 -0700
                Re: "core C" Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2015-06-30 17:24 +0200
                Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-30 17:44 +0100
                Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 10:04 -0700
                Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-01 11:46 +0100
                Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-01 04:40 -0700
                Re: "core C" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-01 08:05 -0700
                Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-01 17:01 +0100
                Re: "core C" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-01 10:56 -0700
                Re: "core C" BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-04 12:59 -0500
                Re: "core C" Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-07-04 20:25 +0100
                Re: "core C" BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-04 20:56 -0500
        Re: "core C" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-30 14:17 +0100
    Re: "core C" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-30 14:03 +0100
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 06:16 -0700
    Re: "core C" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-30 15:46 +0200
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 07:54 -0700
      Re: "core C" Steve Thompson <stevet810@gmail.com> - 2015-07-03 12:25 +0000
    Re: "core C" jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2015-07-01 15:04 +0000
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-07-01 08:12 -0700
    Re: "core C" BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-04 10:36 -0500
  Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 04:41 -0700
    Re: "core C" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-30 14:19 +0100
      Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 06:25 -0700
        Re: "core C" Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-30 15:48 +0100
          Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 07:52 -0700
  Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 04:42 -0700
  Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 08:28 -0700
    Re: "core C" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-06-30 22:28 +0200
      Re: "core C" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-01 08:45 +1200
        Re: "core C" "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-30 13:56 -0700
          Re: "core C" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-07-01 10:27 +0200
        Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-30 14:56 -0700
          Re: "core C" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-01 10:03 +1200
            Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-30 15:31 -0700
              Re: "core C" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-01 10:52 +1200
                Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-30 16:58 -0700
                Re: "core C" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-30 17:30 -0700
                Re: "core C" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-07-01 08:54 +0200
                Re: "core C" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-07-01 07:54 -0700
                Re: "core C" Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-07-01 09:42 -0700

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