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| From | David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: To C or not to C++ |
| Date | 2022-08-26 10:47 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <tea1al$3uasj$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 26/08/2022 04:56, Malcolm McLean wrote: > On Thursday, 25 August 2022 at 19:36:10 UTC+1, David Brown wrote: >> On 25/08/2022 18:16, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >>> Malcolm McLean <malcolm.ar...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >> A large proportion of the new features in C23 seem to have originated >> with or been promoted by one person - Jens Gustedt. I don't know if he >> should be considered an "academic", or a "practical programmer", or >> both, or neither. >> > I looked him up. He's very clearly what I would call an academic rather than a > practical programmer. That doesn't mean that he's never produced a piece of > code that has run "for real" in his life. But I cannot find a single reference to > any commercial software he has worked on. I don't think he's ever held a job > as programmer. > If you look me up (and good luck with that - my name is so common I might as well be anonymous) you'll find no references to commercial software that I have worked on, and probably no more than obscure references in a local Norwegian newspaper concerning what jobs I have had. Yet I have over 25 years of professional software development practice. So your search results have almost no worth at all, as far as I can see. > He has produced some hydrological software (determining where the water goes > when it rains). I haven't looked at it in detail and I don't know much about the field. > But I don't think the software is designed to be downloaded by the civil engineer > and used to help build reservoirs. It's more a proof of concept. The algorithms can > be taken by someone else, reimplemented, and used as the core of a commercial > hydrology package. > > Of course he's a more highly educated, and more able man than the average > commercial programmer. I'm not trying to say "academic bad, practical good". > But it's not the same thing. You do seem to be making a distinction here that others (myself, at least) do not see. I've known people who work as "practical" programmers who are interesting in the theory, academics who do practical work, and all sorts of mixes - there is so much "grey area" that there is no black or white. All you can really say is that since C is a very practical language, and so completely unsuited to purely theoretical computer science, that anyone interested in the C language is interested in the practical use in real programs. If you want more information on Jens Gustedt, read his blog.
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To C or not to C++ NOSPAM.Alan.Beck@darkrealms.ca (Alan Beck) - 2022-08-08 09:43 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-08-08 20:02 +0300
Re: To C or not to C++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-09 05:38 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2022-08-09 11:07 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-10 02:25 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-09 17:52 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-09 21:39 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-10 07:45 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-10 19:50 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-10 13:13 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-11 04:29 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-10 02:41 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-10 07:39 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-10 10:11 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-12 08:23 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-12 12:12 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-12 14:41 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-12 12:09 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-13 10:28 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-13 09:37 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-08-12 15:55 +0300
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-12 14:43 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-08-12 18:07 +0300
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-12 15:14 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-12 12:11 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-13 09:38 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-13 17:56 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-08-24 11:32 +0300
Re: To C or not to C++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-24 11:33 +0100
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-24 04:37 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-24 13:31 +0100
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-24 14:09 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-24 15:31 +0100
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-24 14:38 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-24 15:57 +0100
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-24 10:41 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-24 21:48 +0100
Re: To C or not to C++ "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 07:34 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-25 11:29 +0100
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 04:14 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-25 12:36 +0100
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 05:16 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-25 17:16 +0100
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-25 20:35 +0200
[OT] Bad CS course, no cookie (Was: To C or not to C++) Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-25 21:32 +0100
Re: [OT] Bad CS course, no cookie (Was: To C or not to C++) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-25 23:16 +0200
Re: [OT] Bad CS course, no cookie Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-26 00:33 +0100
Re: [OT] Bad CS course, no cookie David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-26 10:39 +0200
Re: [OT] Bad CS course, no cookie Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-08-26 10:57 +0100
Re: [OT] Bad CS course, no cookie David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-26 12:49 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 19:56 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-26 10:47 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-26 02:48 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-26 13:02 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-26 04:57 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-26 14:55 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-26 06:20 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-27 18:44 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-28 11:30 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 10:06 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 10:32 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 11:36 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-25 20:47 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-26 03:11 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-25 09:21 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-25 12:58 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 10:23 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-25 20:51 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-25 12:14 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-24 13:56 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-08-24 17:18 +0300
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-24 14:25 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-12 16:46 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-15 06:16 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-15 19:01 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2022-08-15 22:22 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-16 08:48 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-16 19:19 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-16 12:56 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-17 18:47 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-17 14:49 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-18 14:49 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-19 03:10 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ d thiebaud <thiebauddick2@aol.com> - 2022-08-18 22:12 -0400
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-18 20:08 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-19 10:39 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-17 06:45 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-17 18:48 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-16 19:16 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-12 12:03 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-10 10:13 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-11 04:25 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-11 01:03 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-11 08:11 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-11 13:53 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-13 04:13 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-13 21:13 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 12:29 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 13:12 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-08-14 00:44 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-08-12 02:54 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-12 12:12 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2022-08-12 16:22 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-08-12 17:49 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2022-08-13 03:16 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2022-08-13 09:08 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-08-15 14:44 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2022-08-10 12:06 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-11 07:04 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2022-08-09 12:31 +0200
Re: To C or not to C++ Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-08-09 15:59 +0000
Re: To C or not to C++ Frederick Virchanza Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> - 2022-08-19 04:09 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-08-13 12:17 -0700
Re: To C or not to C++ "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2022-08-27 23:15 -0700
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