Re: code snippet

From	Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: code snippet
Date	2012-01-06 10:33 +0000
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:40:53 -0800, Nick Keighley saw fit to publish the
following:

<snip>

>> We are not at the era that C was competing with Fortran and Pascal.
> 
> when was that?

Ages ago. Read "The Cuckoo's Egg" for a glimpse. C never competed with
Pascal, though. Pascal was intended for educational purposes from the
get-go and is _quite_ good at it. C is intended for post-educational
purposes and is quite good in that respect.

>> At that kind of  battles, programers supporting C just helped to spread
>> the suspicious concepts that C was a high level language to replace
>> Pacal, Forth and etc..
> 
> well C *is* a high level langauge. I've programmed in Pascal and liked
> it (moving to C was quite traumatic- "what are all those strange
> characters?!"). But Pascal suffers from the difficulty that it needs to
> be heavily extended beyond its standard before its any use (proper array
> type, separate compilation, preset data etc.). It then becomes
> non-portable. Maybe modula or ada were proper grownup versions of pascal
> but they never really caught on.

Oberon comes to mind, but, like you said, none of the Pascal-ish languages
gained much popularity. I would not call Ada a successor to Pascal. Modula2/3
are, though.

>> Now who's gonna clean the mess?
> 
> what mess? C ain't perfect but it's pretty good.

There are two types of programming languages: those everybody bitches about
and those nobody uses (Stroustrup). 

-- 
There is an order of things in this universe.
		-- Apollo, "Who Mourns for Adonais?" stardate 3468.1

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code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-18 20:51 -0500
  Re: code snippet Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-18 18:29 -0800
    Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-18 21:51 -0500
      Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-18 22:24 -0500
        Re: code snippet Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-18 19:53 -0800
          Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-18 23:32 -0500
            Re: code snippet Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-18 20:57 -0800
              Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-19 00:01 -0500
                Re: code snippet Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-18 21:13 -0800
                Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-19 16:42 -0500
      Re: code snippet Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-18 20:14 -0800
        Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-18 23:27 -0500
      Re: code snippet Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-19 12:33 +0000
        Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-19 16:33 -0500
          Re: code snippet Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-20 00:20 +0000
            Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-19 19:46 -0500
              Re: code snippet Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-20 01:14 +0000
                Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 15:51 -0500
                Re: code snippet Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-21 14:11 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-21 07:03 -0800
                Re: code snippet Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-21 21:41 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-21 16:35 -0800
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 01:03 +0000
                Re: code snippet Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-22 03:19 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-22 07:11 -0800
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 16:59 +0000
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-22 18:38 +0100
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-22 10:40 -0800
                Re: code snippet Markus Wichmann <nullplan@gmx.net> - 2011-12-22 19:12 +0100
                Re: code snippet Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-28 03:50 -0800
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-28 17:06 +0100
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-01-01 20:04 +0100
                Re: code snippet Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-01 12:38 -0800
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-01-02 10:14 +0100
                Re: code snippet Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-03 04:56 -0800
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-01-03 18:26 +0100
                Re: code snippet Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-04 00:09 -0800
                Re: code snippet Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-04 21:53 +1300
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-01-04 16:14 +0100
                Re: code snippet Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-01 12:28 -0800
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-01-02 10:18 +0100
                Re: code snippet Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-03 04:56 -0800
                Re: code snippet "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-12-22 18:05 +0000
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 18:14 +0000
                Re: code snippet superpollo <superpollo@tznvy.pbz> - 2011-12-22 20:00 +0100
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 19:08 +0000
                Re: code snippet superpollo <superpollo@tznvy.pbz> - 2011-12-22 22:43 +0100
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 21:57 +0000
                Re: code snippet BruceS <bruces42@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-23 16:26 -0800
                Re: code snippet Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-22 19:21 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-22 11:33 -0800
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-23 09:10 +0100
                Re: code snippet Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-23 14:43 +0000
                Re: code snippet Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-23 17:14 +0000
                Re: code snippet Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-23 12:10 -0800
                Re: code snippet Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-01-03 14:24 -0500
                Re: code snippet Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-03 19:58 +0000
                Re: code snippet Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2012-01-03 16:15 -0500
                Re: code snippet blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-01-03 13:26 -0800
                Re: code snippet Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-03 22:04 +0000
                Re: code snippet Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-04 15:44 +1300
                Re: code snippet "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-01-04 23:34 +0000
                Re: code snippet James Harris <james.harris.1@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-04 15:57 -0800
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-05 23:34 -0800
                Re: code snippet Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-06 00:40 -0800
                Re: code snippet Kleuske <kleuske@nowhere.net> - 2012-01-06 10:33 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-06 04:30 -0800
                Re: code snippet Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-04 15:37 +1300
                Re: code snippet Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2012-01-04 03:37 +0000
                Re: code snippet Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-01-04 20:23 +1300
                Re: code snippet jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-22 18:26 +0100
                Re: code snippet Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-22 19:34 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-22 11:57 -0800
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 20:18 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-22 12:52 -0800
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 20:37 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-22 13:27 -0800
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 21:57 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-22 14:09 -0800
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 21:57 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-23 04:01 -0800
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-22 14:24 -0800
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-22 21:57 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2012-01-01 23:06 -0800
                Re: code snippet Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2011-12-22 23:35 -0800
                Re: code snippet "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-12-23 12:26 +0000
                Re: code snippet jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-23 18:32 +0100
                Re: code snippet Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-28 04:04 -0800
                Re: code snippet "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-12-23 09:10 +0100
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-25 11:13 -0800
                Re: code snippet Seebs <usenet-nospam@seebs.net> - 2011-12-25 19:31 +0000
                Re: code snippet Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-26 21:53 +0000
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-26 16:10 -0800
                Re: code snippet Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-12-26 18:11 -0800
                Re: code snippet 88888 Dihedral <dihedral88888@googlemail.com> - 2011-12-26 23:56 -0800
                Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 15:57 -0500
                Re: code snippet Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-21 12:39 +0000
                Re: code snippet Bill Reid <hormelfree@gmail.com> - 2011-12-22 15:29 -0800
          Re: code snippet Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-19 19:19 -0800
            Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 13:51 -0500
              Re: code snippet Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-20 11:08 -0800
  Re: code snippet Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-19 11:37 +0000
    Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-19 16:38 -0500
      Re: code snippet "Morris Keesan" <mkeesan@post.harvard.edu> - 2011-12-19 17:02 -0500
    Re: code snippet "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@nspam.invalid> - 2011-12-19 17:21 -0500
      Re: code snippet John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-12-19 22:35 +0000

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