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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] speaking of kenc
Date: Sun,  6 May 2007 08:52:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bfcd35b9efaf64c873eac85469b34265@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a9951d2a0705052345p174e88f2kb28ed66295af7488@mail.gmail.com>

> On 5/6/07, lucio@proxima.alt.za <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
> 
>>
>> You may not have noticed, as it is no longer a popular approach, that
>> earlier Unixes provided innumerable tools to generate C code.  So much
>> so that the "goto" was retained more to make such code generation
>> easier than to please a handful of spoiled programmers.
>>
> 
> your point?
> 
That C and not assembler ought to be the target language, no matter
the application.  That assembler is deprecated in favour of C.

++L



  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-06  6:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 149+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-27  3:08 erik quanstrom
2007-04-27  3:44 ` David Leimbach
2007-04-27  4:56   ` Bruce Ellis
2007-04-27  6:21     ` Skip Tavakkolian
2007-04-27  4:54 ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-27  4:58   ` Bruce Ellis
2007-04-27 11:00   ` Charles Forsyth
2007-04-27 13:49     ` David Leimbach
2007-04-27 16:23       ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-04-29  2:02         ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-29  2:55           ` Tim Wiess
2007-04-29  6:42             ` Uriel
2007-04-29 20:47           ` Charles Forsyth
2007-04-30  8:29           ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-04-30 13:08             ` Uriel
2007-05-01  0:22             ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-01 14:45               ` Jon Snader
2007-05-01 14:56                 ` Devon H. O'Dell
2007-05-01 15:12                   ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-01 15:29                     ` Devon H. O'Dell
2007-05-01 21:32                   ` Jon Snader
2007-05-02  0:04                   ` Derek Fawcus
2007-05-02  8:44                     ` Charles Forsyth
2007-05-01 15:51                 ` Anthony Sorace
2007-05-02  8:32                   ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-05-02  9:00                     ` Steve Simon
2007-05-03  1:32                       ` David Arnold
2007-05-03  3:39                         ` Adrian Tritschler
2007-05-03  3:57                           ` Paul Lalonde
2007-05-03  4:11                             ` Federico Benavento
2007-05-03 13:34                               ` Anthony Sorace
2007-05-03 22:04                               ` LiteStar numnums
2007-05-04  1:45                               ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-04  1:51                                 ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2007-05-04  2:00                                 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-04  2:08                                   ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-04  2:12                                     ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2007-05-04  2:20                                       ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-04  2:35                                         ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2007-05-04  6:53                                           ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-05  4:49                                             ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-05  5:11                                           ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-05  5:14                                             ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-05 18:52                                               ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-05 19:13                                                 ` lucio
2007-05-05 23:09                                                   ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-06  1:24                                                     ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  4:08                                                   ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-06  4:53                                                     ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  5:01                                                     ` lucio
2007-05-06  5:01                                                     ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  5:07                                                       ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  5:15                                                         ` lucio
2007-05-06  5:37                                                           ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-06  6:30                                                           ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  6:46                                                             ` lucio
2007-05-06  6:49                                                             ` lucio
2007-05-06  7:35                                                               ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  6:51                                                             ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 10:25                                                               ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  6:04                                                         ` Skip Tavakkolian
2007-05-06  7:24                                                           ` lucio
2007-05-06 11:47                                                             ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-07  1:55                                                           ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-06  5:12                                                       ` lucio
2007-05-06 13:18                                                         ` Richard Miller
2007-05-06 20:23                                                           ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-07  1:57                                                         ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-07  4:29                                                           ` W B Hacker
2007-05-07 15:08                                                             ` Tim Wiess
2007-05-06  5:15                                                       ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  7:43                                                         ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  8:02                                                           ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  8:12                                                             ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  9:00                                                               ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  8:03                                                           ` lucio
2007-05-06  8:42                                                             ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06 10:20                                                               ` matt
2007-05-06 10:29                                                                 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  9:09                                                             ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  5:10                                                     ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  5:32                                                       ` lucio
2007-05-06  6:18                                                         ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  6:30                                                           ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  6:21                                                         ` W B Hacker
2007-05-07  1:47                                                     ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-06  1:13                                               ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  3:31                                                 ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  4:10                                                 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-06  4:55                                                   ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  5:10                                                     ` lucio
2007-05-06  6:05                                                       ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  8:45                                                         ` matt
2007-05-06  6:45                                                       ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  6:52                                                         ` lucio [this message]
2007-05-06  7:09                                                           ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  7:34                                                             ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  7:49                                                               ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  7:54                                                               ` lucio
2007-05-06  8:35                                                                 ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-06  7:40                                                             ` lucio
2007-05-06  8:59                                                               ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  7:03                                                         ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06  5:21                                                 ` Bruce Ellis
2007-05-06  7:01                                                   ` Rogelio Serrano
2007-05-05  5:30                                             ` lucio
2007-05-04  2:16                                     ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-04  9:24                                       ` C H Forsyth
2007-05-04 11:18                                         ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-04 16:19                                         ` Paul Lalonde
2007-05-04 21:58                                           ` Dave Eckhardt
2007-05-04 22:27                                             ` Paul Lalonde
2007-05-04  8:46                                 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-05-05  4:47                                   ` Roman Shaposhnick
2007-05-02  8:33                 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-05-02 11:25                   ` Jon Snader
2007-05-02  8:33               ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-05-02 11:30                 ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 16:21     ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2007-04-27 11:12   ` Charles Forsyth
2007-04-27 11:46   ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 14:21     ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-27 14:26       ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 14:41         ` Rob Pike
2007-04-27 14:55         ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-27 15:24           ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-27 15:53           ` C H Forsyth
2007-04-28  9:09   ` ron minnich
2007-04-28  9:17     ` Lucio De Re
2007-04-28 13:48       ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2007-04-28 13:57         ` Lucio De Re
2007-04-28 14:15         ` LiteStar numnums
2007-04-28 21:21         ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-04-28 21:54           ` ron minnich
2007-04-28 22:33             ` Steve Simon
2007-04-28 15:45     ` Charles Forsyth
2007-04-28 17:58       ` Rodrigo Miranda
2007-04-28 20:12         ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2007-04-28 21:10           ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-04-28 18:15       ` Lluís Batlle i Rossell
2007-04-29  2:39       ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-29 12:41         ` erik quanstrom
2007-04-29 16:00           ` Joel C. Salomon
2007-04-28 21:24     ` Roman Shaposhnik
2007-05-06 12:36 erik quanstrom
2007-05-06 15:18 ` lucio
2007-05-06 16:23   ` W B Hacker
2007-05-06 17:53     ` Benn Newman
2007-05-06 17:56       ` Francisco J Ballesteros

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