[Info-vax] C et al (was: Re: Rust as a HS language, was: Re: Quiet?)

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-04-12, Dan Cross <cross at spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
> In article <6254bb5f$0$705$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> Arne Vajhøj  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>C is more portable than assembler, but it is not that easy
>>to write 100% portable code in C. But then like above: if
>>100% portability is a requirement, then C is most likely not
>>the right choice of language!
>
> Even portability to what one might call oneself over time!
>

:-)

I really, really, wish DEC had followed through on Pillar.

If it took off, we would have had an alternative to C by now.

As I've mentioned before, I use C because it is the most viable
choice in the places I use it, not because it is the best choice.

Simon.

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