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Subject: Re: [TUHS] History of popularity of C
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>The large areas of undefined and unspecified behavior has always been an
>issue in C.   It was somewhat acceptable when you were using it as a direc=
t
>replacement for assembler, but Java and many of other follow-ons endevaore=
d=20
>to be more portable/rigourous.

One cannot compare system and business related stuff!=20


When I'm doing C I always have the CPU and its instructions in mind. As Lin=
us I=20
see the assembly code in my inner eyes. For such minds, doing with C what e=
arlier
was done with assembly, C was created, whereas writing business application=
s=20
cobol and its modern relative java  are the first choices.