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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]
Message-ID: <CABH=_VTWpsf0vuHGjfOk3eH=m5f6+9-qAMTeuKPwoxrSS-R61g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202410011313.491DD4ac421643@freefriends.org>

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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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  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-10-01 16:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2024-09-30 15:49     ` Paul Winalski
2024-09-30 17:59       ` Larry McVoy
2024-09-30 18:08         ` Dan Cross
2024-10-01 11:52         ` [COFF] " Ralph Corderoy
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2024-10-01 16:40       ` Paul Winalski [this message]
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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2024-10-03  0:46                 ` [COFF] Penn State G. Branden Robinson
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2024-10-01 15:08                 ` [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum) Stuff Received
2024-10-01 16:49           ` Paul Winalski
2024-10-04  3:57         ` Adam Thornton
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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2024-09-30 20:12 ` [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum) Jim Capp
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2024-11-22  1:53           ` Dan Cross
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2024-11-26 19:51               ` Dan Cross
2024-11-26 20:15                 ` Larry McVoy
2024-11-27  1:03                   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2024-11-26 21:38                 ` John Levine
2024-11-26 21:37 [COFF] " Douglas McIlroy
2024-11-27  8:50 ` [COFF] " Dan Cross

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