Re: Possible to write compiler to Java VM?

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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[This is getting kind of far from compiler issues, so I'm going to tie off
this thread unless it veers back. -John]


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