[COFF] [TUHS] Re: Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum)

[arnold at skeeve.com]

Paul Winalski <paul.winalski at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 9:13 AM <arnold at skeeve.com> wrote:
>
> > This goes back to the evolution thing. At the time, C was a huge
> > step up from FORTRAN and assembly.
> >
>
> Certainly it's a step up (and a BIG step up) from assembly.  But I'd say C
> is a step sidewise from Fortran.  An awful lot of HPTC programming involves
> throwing multidimensional arrays around and C is not suitable for that.
>
> -Paul W.

In my head, FORTRAN is still FORTRAN 66, where there are no while
loops, or else statements, and the only data structure is the array.
For non-HPC stuff, C was a huge step up.