[TUHS] : C dialects (was: I can't drive 55: "GOTO considered harmful" 55th anniversary)

[Bakul Shah]

On Mar 13, 2023, at 2:00 PM, Paul Winalski <paul.winalski at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 3/13/23, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Frankly, I'd probably rather see ISO drop a bunch of the stuff they are now
>> requiring and fall back at least to K&R2 -- keep it simple.
> 
> I agree.  Every language has toxic features--things that seemed like
> good ideas at the time but turn out to have been mistakes when they're
> better understood.  Every good programming shop has its rules
> concerning certain language features or practices that are not allowed
> in the code, usually for safety or maintainability reasons.

You can't drop features from a widely deployed language; but while
we are dreaming, what I'd like to see is a total *ban* on any and
all optimizations. What you get is what you see!