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

[Anton Shepelev]

Luther Johnson <luther.johnson at makerlisp.com> wrote:

>C, Lisp, and probably many other languages have gone through a similar
>historical arc - first they are designed to solve problems, and be a
>useful and powerful means of expression - then they become official,
>standardized, and legalistic - then they become commercially
>competitive, and leverage the legalisms, benchmarks, and other
>collateral that has accrued - at this point, generations later, the
>language is evolving with no appreciation or understanding of the
>aesthetic and practical principles of the original language effort.

Yes, big money makes things strive not for excellence but for
accessibility and a low, if not negative, entry threshold.  When a
language ends up catering to the majority, or developed by a commitee
instead of a close-knit yet open society of loving and caring
enthusiasts, it undergoes the process above on the way to become usable
by volatile teams of poor programmers indoctrinated with doing as
everybody else does in order to be understood (which means blingliy
following whatver standards and practices are enforced), with any
aspiration burned out of actualy inventing things or least experimenting
creatively.