From: "Brian L. Stuart" <blstuart@bellsouth.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:11:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <641222.7607.qm@web83910.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13426df10909021147m56035edaw13e5f8a4185c027e@mail.gmail.com>
> > 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.
That reminds me of another amusing story. It seems that
back in the 70s or 80s someone asked some big name in CS
what people would be programming with in the year 2000.
His response: "I don't know, but it'll be called FORTRAN."
This isn't your father's FORTRAN...
BLS
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2009-09-02 14:29 ron minnich
2009-09-02 14:51 ` Rodolfo (kix)
2009-09-03 9:52 ` Greg Comeau
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2009-09-02 17:03 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 17:36 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-02 18:08 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-02 18:27 ` David Leimbach
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2009-09-02 18:46 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 15:02 ` Uriel
2009-09-03 15:02 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 19:10 ` Jonathan Cast
2009-09-02 20:02 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 20:23 ` Jonathan Cast
2009-09-02 20:45 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 17:31 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-09-02 18:25 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 18:47 ` ron minnich
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2009-09-02 22:59 ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-03 9:53 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 11:24 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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2009-09-03 14:03 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 15:13 ` Jason Catena
2009-09-04 9:04 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 14:02 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 14:57 ` Robert Raschke
2009-09-04 9:04 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 17:40 ` Brian L. Stuart
2009-09-04 9:03 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-04 17:47 ` Brian L. Stuart
2009-09-04 18:01 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-04 20:18 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-04 21:36 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-04 22:50 ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-09-05 14:14 ` Eris Discordia
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2009-09-06 18:29 ` Tim Newsham
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2009-09-06 18:40 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-07 8:54 ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-07 9:07 ` Greg Comeau
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2009-09-09 16:51 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-09 16:07 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-09 16:07 ` Akshat Kumar
2009-09-09 16:08 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-09 16:13 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-10 21:45 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-11 7:54 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-11 10:21 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-09 16:11 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-09 16:29 ` Jason Catena
2009-09-09 17:17 ` Skip Tavakkolian
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2009-09-09 17:29 ` Iruata Souza
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2009-09-10 15:58 ` hiro
2009-09-10 21:24 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-09 8:30 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-09 8:29 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-05 14:27 ` Eris Discordia
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2009-09-05 14:36 ` John Floren
2009-09-05 14:51 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-05 19:30 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-05 23:48 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-05 18:26 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06 0:05 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06 0:17 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06 0:37 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06 0:56 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06 16:51 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06 17:32 ` tlaronde
2009-09-06 4:23 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-09-06 17:24 ` Eris Discordia
[not found] ` <393394D0A7F3F4A227F94CDA@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-06 18:03 ` Rob Pike
2009-09-06 19:26 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-07 15:47 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-09-07 8:54 ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-07 9:04 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-07 9:05 ` Vinu Rajashekhar
2009-09-07 9:05 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 9:49 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-07 11:34 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-07 16:00 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 19:23 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-09 8:29 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-09 8:35 ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-03 19:38 ` tlaronde
2009-09-03 21:55 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-03 22:01 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2009-09-07 8:54 ` Greg Comeau
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