From: Paul Winalski <paul.winalski@gmail.com>
To: arnold@skeeve.com
Cc: Computer Old Farts Followers <coff@tuhs.org>
Subject: [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum)
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 12:40:32 -0400 [thread overview]
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On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 9:13 AM <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
> This goes back to the evolution thing. At the time, C was a huge
> step up from FORTRAN and assembly.
>
Certainly it's a step up (and a BIG step up) from assembly. But I'd say C
is a step sidewise from Fortran. An awful lot of HPTC programming involves
throwing multidimensional arrays around and C is not suitable for that.
-Paul W.
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2024-10-01 17:09 ` [COFF] C a step up from Fortran Ralph Corderoy
2024-10-01 19:08 ` [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum) arnold
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2024-10-01 16:49 ` Paul Winalski
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2024-10-04 15:39 ` [COFF] Modern programming vs. the Good Ole Days (was Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C )(was Maximum) Paul Winalski
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