[Info-vax] The (now lost) future of Alpha.

[Chris]

On 08/02/18 15:10, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

>
> My guess is that depends on how you count.
>
> sum(instances*loc) - sure.
>
> sum(loc) - I doubt it.
>
> C/C++ is pretty big in platform software (OS,
> databases, compilers etc.) and in desktop
> software (office, browsers etc.) that are
> used in thousands or millions of copies.
>
> But C/C++ is not nearly as widely used
> in business applications that are often
> used in one copy or top hundreds of copies.
> COBOL, PL/I, Basic, Pascal, Java, Python, PHP
> etc. are all big in this.
>
> Arne
>

Craftsmen like sharp tools and C is probably the sharpest tool
you can find anywhere for systems programming and embedded
systems work. Just have to be careful not to cut yourself
using it :-). Agree about business apps though, more suitable
languages for that sort of work. Use the right tool for the
job applies...

Chris