Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 30, 2005 12:17 AM
C is a "portable assembly language." It enables programmers to be highly productive while producing efficient code. Other languages, notably C++, have lots of hidden mechanisms and run-time costs that aren't transparently evident from a quick inspection of the code. Bytecode languages are even worse. And don't get me started on scripting languages.
C provides the foundation on which the UNIX and Linux operating systems have been built. It was invented by Dennis Richie, one of the most brilliant men in software, and was good enough for Ken Thompson, Bill Joy, Richard Stallman, and Linus Torvalds.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 30, 2005 12:17 AMC provides the foundation on which the UNIX and Linux operating systems have been built. It was invented by Dennis Richie, one of the most brilliant men in software, and was good enough for Ken Thompson, Bill Joy, Richard Stallman, and Linus Torvalds.
All software should be written in C.
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