Re: Possible to write compiler to Java VM?

gmckee@cloudnine.com (Gary McKee)
2 Feb 1996 21:07:26 -0500

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From: gmckee@cloudnine.com (Gary McKee)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.compilers,comp.lang.ada
Date: 2 Feb 1996 21:07:26 -0500
Organization: McKee Consulting (Technology Asessment)
References: 96-01-037 96-01-116 96-01-130
Keywords: C, design

salomon@silver.cs.umanitoba.ca (Daniel J. Salomon) wrote:


  > C's philosopy seems to be, "When in doubt, permit it. It just might
  > be correct." The freedom that this gives programmers to create new
  > ways of solving problems may be one of the reasons that C remains so
  > popular, despite the fact that it it unquestionably unsafe.


This is an accurate representation of my experience with the PHILOSOPHY of
the C Language. The most common result IMHO is the "freedom that this gives
programmers to SOLVE new ways of CREATING problems" (note paraphrase).


The reason C is popular with coders is that, generally, they never have to
maintain other people's code. I've never met anyone responsible for C
language code maintenance who speaks well of the C Language.


Anyone out there who LIKES to maintain C code ?


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