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| Re: Languages of multiple abstaction torbenm@app-0.diku.dk (2006-11-01) |
| Re: Languages of multiple abstaction bmoses-nospam@cits1.stanford.edu (Brooks Moses) (2006-11-01) |
| Re: Languages of multiple abstaction walter@bytecraft.com (Walter Banks) (2006-11-01) |
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| Re: Languages of multiple abstaction gah@ugcs.caltech.edu (glen herrmannsfeldt) (2006-11-05) |
| Re: Languages of multiple abstaction gduzan@acm.org (Gary Duzan) (2006-11-05) |
| Re: Languages of multiple abstaction marcov@stack.nl (Marco van de Voort) (2006-11-08) |
| Re: Languages of multiple abstaction gene.ressler@gmail.com (Gene) (2006-11-08) |
| From: | Marco van de Voort <marcov@stack.nl> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | 8 Nov 2006 00:18:37 -0500 |
| Organization: | Stack Usenet News Service |
| References: | 06-10-126 06-11-006 06-11-014 06-11-023 |
| Keywords: | design |
| Posted-Date: | 08 Nov 2006 00:18:37 EST |
On 2006-11-06, Gary Duzan <gduzan@acm.org> wrote:
>=>for specialized tasks such as scientific computing, it is unlikely
>=>that the program will ever be used after its done its job, like
>=>protein folding and other highly specialized apps.
>
> I believe the main point about C is that it is "the devil you
> know" versus the one you don't. If you're familiar with C and know
> it can do the job, often it is easier to go ahead and use it.
I wonder why C is so perfect then. I still go through this process that you
describe with each new C compiler :-)
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