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Re: Wirth-ian languages

From "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm>
Newsgroups comp.lang.misc
Subject Re: Wirth-ian languages
Date 2014-04-30 21:28 -0400
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:38:41 -0400, James Harris  
<james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> wrote in message
> news:op.xe2s1zad6zenlw@localhost...
>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 03:24:02 -0400, James Harris
>> <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> wrote in message

>>>> It can be argued that many of these features, and others, exist in C
>>>> because the original authors (Kernighan, Ritchie, Thompson) ported
>>>> C to so many different computing platforms and had to redesign the
>>>> language to fit, as many as possible, as cleanly as possible.
>>>
>>> I was surprised to see Kernighan's name in there. What was his
>>> involvement?
>>
>> K&R C ...  What do you think the 'K' and 'R' in K&R are for?
>>
>> Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie.
>
> Yes, that's a book! Because the book became so popular some people assume
> Kernighan had a hand in writing C but I was sure you would have known  
> that
> he did not.

Interesting point.  Actually, I never gave it much thought to it.  The  
books
on C which I recollect did nothing more than mention their names in  
passing.
So, I guess that was an assumption on my part since both were named for the
book and unofficial language standard.  I've never read K&R C.  It seemed
less informative that other books.  Was that mentioned in there?

> I would be interested to hear that he had a hand in porting C
> but have never heard of that before. He certainly was not an
> author of C.

I currently only have the handful of C papers Ritchie placed on the
internet to search through for references, and a few others.  My C
library (books) has been packed away for many years, except the two
books I've told you about previously.


Rod Pemberton

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  Re: Wirth-ian languages Joe Hynes <theda@southpark.net> - 2014-04-28 17:31 +0000
    Re: Wirth-ian languages Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-28 18:47 +0000
      Re: Wirth-ian languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-28 20:35 +0100
        Re: Wirth-ian languages Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-28 20:18 +0000
          Re: Wirth-ian languages "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-04-28 22:50 +0100
            Re: Wirth-ian languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-29 00:03 +0100
              Re: Wirth-ian languages Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-28 23:51 +0000
              Re: Wirth-ian languages "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 07:59 +0100
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-29 10:04 +0100
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 11:33 +0100
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-29 07:41 -0400
            Re: Wirth-ian languages "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-28 21:46 -0400
              Re: Wirth-ian languages "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 08:24 +0100
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-29 07:33 -0400
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 14:38 +0100
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-30 21:28 -0400
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 10:44 +0100
              Re: Wirth-ian languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-04-29 09:59 +0200
                Re: Wirth-ian languages Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-29 15:51 +0000
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-04-30 10:57 +0200
                Re: Wirth-ian languages Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-04-30 15:47 +0000
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-05-01 10:18 +0200
                Re: Wirth-ian languages Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-01 16:56 +0000
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-05-02 10:10 +0200
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-30 18:27 +0100
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-05-01 10:18 +0200
                Re: Wirth-ian languages Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2014-05-01 17:10 +0000
                Re: Wirth-ian languages "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2014-05-02 09:22 +0200
  Re: Wirth-ian languages "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-28 20:59 -0400
    Re: Wirth-ian languages "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnothavet.cqm> - 2014-04-28 21:10 -0400
    Re: Wirth-ian languages Nils M Holm <news2009@t3x.org> - 2014-04-29 07:52 +0000
    Re: Wirth-ian languages "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-04-29 09:45 +0100
  Re: Wirth-ian languages Jacko <jackokring@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 05:37 -0700

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