[Info-vax] Clang

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 11/16/22 16:55, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 11/16/2022 1:00 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Air powered nail gun ???????????????

It's not a hammer.  Unless you run out of air.

bill