If C is so evil why is it so successful?

[Rod Smallwood]

On 12/04/2017 16:08, Norman Jaffe via cctalk wrote:
> Assembler is a sports car kit.
>
> From: "cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> To: "cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Cc: jnc at mercury.lcs.mit.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 7:57:07 AM
> Subject: Re: If C is so evil why is it so successful?
>
>> From: Alfred M. Szmidt
>> No even the following program:
>> int main (void) { return 0; }
>> is guaranteed to work
> I'm missing something: why not?
>
> Noel
>
> PS: There probably is something to the sports car analogy, but I'm not going
> to take a position on that one! :-) Interesting side-question though: is
> assembler more or less like a sports car than C? :-)
All computer computer languages are only as good or bad as the person 
using them.

Rod

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