13 Oct
2011
13 Oct
'11
11:37 p.m.
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 05:50:54PM -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Yes, I know--and have known this for at least 30
years, when Dennis
pointed it out. C started off as a sort of "cheap and dirty in leiu
of assembly" language.
This reminds me of the quote in my .plan:
"Some people seem to think that C is a real programming language, but
they are sadly mistaken. It really is about writing almost-portable
assembly language" -- Linus Torvalds
For me, that is a spot on description of what C is.
/P