[TUHS] v7 K&R C

[Larry McVoy]

Isn't that effectively what companies do now?  Don't they all have a
"Here is what you can use, this and nothing else" doc?

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 12:57:01PM -0700, joe mcguckin wrote:
> Maybe it???s time for C++ subset ???G'
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> > On May 11, 2020, at 12:12 PM, Paul Winalski <paul.winalski at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On 5/11/20, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> C++ is an example in my mind of not listening to Dennis' words:
> >> 
> >>   - ???C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.???
> > 
> > Ditto Fortran.
> > 
> >>   - ???When I read commentary about suggestions for where C should go, I
> >>   often think back and give thanks that it wasn't developed under the
> >> advice
> >>   of a worldwide crowd.???
> > 
> > The old saying of an elephant being a mouse designed by committee comes to mind.
> > 
> > Language standards committees tend to be like a pack of dogs
> > contemplating a tree.  Each dog isn't satisfied with the tree until
> > he's peed on it.
> > 
> >>   - ???A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program
> >>   in than some that do???
> > 
> > Big, comprehensive languages such as PL/I, Ada, and C++ tend to have
> > more of their share of toxic language features--things that shouldn't
> > be used if you want reliable, easily maintained and understood code.
> > Ada failed for two reasons:  [1] it had cooties because of its
> > military origins, and [2] it collapsed under the weight of all of its
> > features.
> > 
> > -Paul W.

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