From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <13426df10909020729o109b0a89j6016e6a83c23904@mail.gmail.com> <3096bd910909020751o12086713m4291e2f1b77daf8f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:01:35 -0700 Message-ID: <3e1162e60909030801p6dfa3f10wab4a13edd3db4599@mail.gmail.com> From: David Leimbach To: comeau@comeaucomputing.com, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cdf13cae1e4df0472ada8c7 Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6145d2bc-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --000e0cdf13cae1e4df0472ada8c7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Greg Comeau wrote: > In article <3096bd910909020751o12086713m4291e2f1b77daf8f@mail.gmail.com>, > Rodolfo kix wrote: > >On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM, ron minnich wrote: > >> Q: "Will C continue to be important into the future?" > >> (Dave Kirk, Nvidia)A: "No, I think C will die like Fortran has" > > > >I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, > >and possibly program, of all time. > >(Bill Gates, OS/2 Programmers Guide, November 1987) > > > >... we are all human ... > > > >:-) > > When push comes the shove, these are probably both said in the > same spirit (I doubt Kirk feels C will die, nor Gates that > OS/2 was such (nor that MS products have no bugs)).... > If I recall correctly, conspiracy theorists might even claim that Microsoft was singing the praises of OS/2 while simultaneously putting more effort into NT. Note that Microsoft was working on OS/2 for IBM at the time, and probably consciously chose to make NT win that battle. I'm not saying that's what happened, I'm saying others *have* said so. > -- > Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta! > Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout > World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. > Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it? > > --000e0cdf13cae1e4df0472ada8c7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:52 AM, Greg Com= eau <comeau@panix.= com> wrote:
In article <3096bd910909020751o12086713m4291e2f1b77daf8f@mail.gmail.= com>,
Rodolfo kix <kix@kix.es> wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM, ron minnich<rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Q: "Will C continue to be important into the future?" >> (Dave Kirk, Nvidia)A: "No, I think C will die like Fortran ha= s"
>
>I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, >and possibly program, of all time.
>(Bill Gates, OS/2 Programmers Guide, November 1987)
>
>... we are all human ...
>
>:-)

When push comes the shove, these are probably both said in the
same spirit (I doubt Kirk feels C will die, nor Gates that
OS/2 was such (nor that MS products have no bugs))....

If I recall correctly, conspiracy theorists might even clai= m that Microsoft was singing the praises of OS/2 while simultaneously putti= ng more effort into NT. =A0Note that Microsoft was working on OS/2 for IBM = at the time, and probably consciously chose to make NT win that battle. =A0=

I'm not saying that's what happened, I'm sa= ying others *have* said so.
=A0
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Comeau C/C++ ONLINE =3D=3D> =A0 =A0 http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout
World Class Compilers: =A0Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90.
Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?


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