From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30238 invoked from network); 4 Jul 2021 23:51:45 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 4 Jul 2021 23:51:45 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B0BFE9CA4E; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 09:51:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B11D99C9F1; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 09:50:57 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="ni14tXqw"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 02FEA9C9F1; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 09:50:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qv1-f53.google.com (mail-qv1-f53.google.com [209.85.219.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 06E749C9F0 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 09:50:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qv1-f53.google.com with SMTP id x6so7573428qvx.4 for ; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 16:50:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=rjpCQ/BqhRBiJ2mUwReyS0aXSv+ZgqqB7hjYQl8uf7o=; b=ni14tXqwx9vykHf/RCT6W9yFtlewWEgR4IACgzyjf5h3su0kvKd7yd54VYoSQa3anZ BAghp2wcWHfA92xILuhfugpIfc7kPHDflJ1Bo2lAjqbu/07WWOT2S4Fd3HQs/kRuXhiQ cOgsoxhsTrf2pV1Bil35uyI4ORU6GxhhidPKnXT0TWhoBTa7ViKdxybs3HOEgM3F47E8 YRw+6abLJi74sAITbXmWnh3tr3+6sqeofReWRUF20tp1G6HarI39bSjhhIEOLknNi9kd IUHRnwImJVnzB/uNcD9zeuhEilYIIkYMu+DDM59FGzUrrGp/YocWQYA67qVn5nsyFFhN fg2Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=rjpCQ/BqhRBiJ2mUwReyS0aXSv+ZgqqB7hjYQl8uf7o=; b=IanA8V7JeS5jOD1jYmD2mDhZ+UHhYFcBynkbH8qOwCSrwVcXPkrBu1T+cm8f5TWg+f pGqUTZmLEmzUShvg+hHWPusXs9tTZgO3lnNdO1p4NqnRCSzMNdk/Xz5qF58H6Qb2FGzM YVCmT2Gdqdg7T2gISGbxD9N9BzBt3LkgehiZRE9tOGq7+HiQvNo2L1y6ZoVYnJTm2yzY uhYvRtP6EqOQ2BJ/D7xkKN3NI2lPyrQNa/gTwTGN1ZJM7mdyLSwt9FwmfNB4lG2R0YII xm01EokqoWMOl8R2ZGsUZCl95/oyGV/OX4DZ4X6fuC1mhDA4JItngLbQpLe6NX3H6v9T Mm+A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5336RvSbuNyBh1bPbkZN+GeHER5ORLRQ+VTTQAcmx68B+ajSNLRt w90kJzBduJDnW9z0FGhT38V4DcDWE/4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwS3OiXwqEUbCRVV5soVJeSqclhuUj7pJItNIUySCHNqKQV0UbQqx2rYyaSm4bIEeKR0EEzsA== X-Received: by 2002:ad4:5906:: with SMTP id ez6mr10648589qvb.6.1625442652604; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 16:50:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wee.local (198.27.14-65.ip.mltn.standardbroadband.ca. [198.27.14.65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i6sm4187175qkn.118.2021.07.04.16.50.51 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 04 Jul 2021 16:50:52 -0700 (PDT) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <20210702213648.GW817@mcvoy.com> From: Nemo Nusquam Message-ID: <6a9bb07f-7d5a-9825-16eb-5d21412b0727@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 19:50:50 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-CA Subject: Re: [TUHS] Is C obsolete? (was Re: [tuhs] The Unix shell: a 50-year view) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 2021-07-04 19:24, Derek Fawcus wrote (in part): > So in thinking of how to solve certain problems, I'd split a subset of > the problem > in to something in C, and the rest in to another language - probably > Go. That may simply reflect the nature of the problems I tackle, I can > imagine that others might not merit any use of C. This would be very much domain specific.  I work with embedded systems, where one's choice of language is limited. N.