1 Aug
2007
1 Aug
'07
9:29 p.m.
On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, dwight elvey wrote:
There was once a machine dedicated to running FORTRAN. See chapter 31
of Gordon Bell's book:
http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/computer_structures__readings_and_exam…
From:
"Ensor" <classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk>
I've always regarded "C" as more of a "high level macro
assembler", I
personally don't regard it as a high level language as such - sort of a
halfway house.
The only higher level languages that I've worked with that
I could say were close to assembly were Forth and LISP. That is
only because there were machines made that were dedicated to
that particular lanuage. C doesn't fit well onto any of the processors that
I've seen lately.
"Lately" is a mighty big qualifier for a language that's been around
as long as C...
--
roger ivie
rivie at ridgenet.net