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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 25111 invoked from network); 21 May 2020 18:45:11 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 21 May 2020 18:45:11 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 03DE09C932; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:45:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF749C6FC; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:44:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7DAF19C6FC; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:44:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from firemail.de (firemail.de [88.99.137.45]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B439B9C5EC for ; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:44:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from firemail.de (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by firemail.de (b1gMailServer) with ESMTP id 4E1B1982 for ; Thu, 21 May 2020 20:44:42 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 20:44:42 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <97649ed8e0655b6d875135c20fe8062e@firemail.de> X-Mailer: b1gMail/7.4.0 X-Sender-IP: 46.94.125.64 From: "Thomas Paulsen" To: "jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa)" In-Reply-To: <20200521182817.08C0318C093@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> References: <20200521182817.08C0318C093@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [TUHS] History of popularity of C 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: , Reply-To: Thomas Paulsen Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" >I suspect the real reason for C's sucess was the nature of the language. it has most of the elements of structured programming as known in the 70the= /80ths, and - most important - it produces small and fast performing binari= es like no other high level language. Furthermore its syntax is relatively = close to the system, and systems calls are easily adoptable. Thus for me it= still is and ever will be the first choice.=20