From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <641222.7607.qm@web83910.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <13426df10909021147m56035edaw13e5f8a4185c027e@mail.gmail.com> <641222.7607.qm@web83910.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:32:29 -0700 Message-ID: <3e1162e60909021232x366e33cbn9b053b2fad85bd0a@mail.gmail.com> From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd59a76dec3d604729d53a7 Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5fb981d2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cd59a76dec3d604729d53a7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:11 PM, 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. > > I actually think they might enhance C in this way in the ISO standard one day. The only nice bit is this is like C + a taped on block "thingy". You don't have to use it, and your other C is not affected by this change. (I think) It's not like they're changing the semantics of the ; or anything. (or did they?) --000e0cd59a76dec3d604729d53a7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Brian L= . Stuart <bl= stuart@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Q: "Will C continue to be important into t= he 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.


I actually think they might enhance C = in this way in the ISO standard one day. =A0The only nice bit is this is li= ke C + a taped on block "thingy". =A0You don't have to use it= , and your other C is not affected by this change. (I think)

It's not like they're changing the semantics of= the ; or anything. (or did they?)
=A0
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