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From: Roman V Shaposhnik <rvs@sun.com>
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote
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On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 12:11 -0700, Brian L. Stuart wrote:
> > > Q: "Will C continue to be important into the future?"
> > > (Dave Kirk, Nvidia)A: "No, I think C will die like
> > Fortran has"
> >
> > let me explain the joke. In HPC circles, people have been
> > predicting
> > the death of fortran for 30 years. Fortran has continued to
> > grow and
> > thrive. The predictions continue, but the latest fortran
> > standard
> > includes objects.
> >
> > So, what Dave is saying, tongue in cheek, is that C will
> > die in the
> > way fortran has -- i.e., not at all.
>
> I just hope standards committees don't "enhance" C into
> Frankenstein's monster.

A friend of mine, who is still serving on the C committee, once
mentioned who lucky they were to have C++ around as a perfect
dumping ground for all the "cool" enhancements that got proposed
along the way.

Thanks,
Roman.

P.S. Another friend of mine still feels sad that Fortress didn't
become that same sort of dumping ground for Fortran ;-)