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

Paul Winalski paul.winalski at gmail.com
Wed Oct 2 02:40:32 AEST 2024


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.
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