Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.programming,alt.os.linux.ubuntu,comp.sys.raspberry-pi,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.windows7.general Subject: Re: C is not a low level language Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:01:35 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <0001HW.2223125A02182A717000059092EF@news.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d7a76040ef7e877133de8f8312ada9dc"; logging-data="32718"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+hcyvYahBDBrO2PhQKfpUO" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DA4gN4IcbUZTYjVayfrsZ9O8Yh0= sha1:8BUrBMqWb42vJEPh9YKIPAsYvRM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:141337 comp.programming:9733 alt.os.linux.ubuntu:202743 comp.sys.raspberry-pi:19744 alt.comp.os.windows-10:86174 Bill Findlay writes: [...] > There is language in which you can write: > > copy : String := source; > > The compiler does all the work. > No need to use the heap. > The errors being discussed cannot happen, so no need for defensive coding. > It is used when lives are at stake. > It runs, at least some, code faster than C. > It is available on the R Pi. > > Any guesses? No. You've posted at least two more followups without telling us what language you're talking about. So, what language are you talking about? I, for one, am not interested in guessing. Please consider trimming the newsgroups to which this discussion is being inappropriately cross-posted. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Will write code for food. void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */