[Info-vax] Clang

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/16/22 12:54, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> On 2022-11-16 08:14:09 +0000, Jan-Erik Sderholm said:
> 
>> Why does C++ (or C) need to "stay competitive"?
> 
> Neither the problems nor the expectations developers and apps remain the 
> same.
> 
> Which means changes the tooling that we use.
> 
>> If there are better tools to do the same job, why not use them instead?
> 
> Usually because an app language or platform migration is a larger (and 
> thus usually incremental) effort.
> 
>> Is this some kind of competition between languages?
> 
> Issues and limits and problems in IT have arose or disappeared, even if 
> some of the apps and some of the approaches used by some developers at 
> some sites haven't.
> 
> Hammers haven't stopped evolving, either.

Huh?  You're not confusing all the different kinds of hammers with
evolution, are you?  I haven't seen a change in the standard claw
hammer in my entire life.  And I have books even older than me that
show the same.

bill