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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 4144 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2020 17:28:22 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Jun 2020 17:28:22 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C7C0F9C930; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 03:28:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6135A93D56; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 03:27:43 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="CSRr9tSl"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0AF7493D56; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 03:27:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f169.google.com (mail-pf1-f169.google.com [209.85.210.169]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 928C793D52 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 03:27:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f169.google.com with SMTP id b201so7482053pfb.0 for ; Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:27:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=PwDgYH82KUA8vFiZsc9kLYocu/1md4/9/VKzHMiNG9A=; b=CSRr9tSlAjD3w516Kp0xkKyEHryXjGgtyyM68iBkKatPjlrMjOSy3c/J1n8m446NlQ ZRoVi3ZXE47n7Lnfkic9gQ9vuX9xVmw85tIwl2xcY3jWHrE2vYG0gAHm8477OB55gJNd lv8MM//QuZVlg7+vcdfNo6rMOhCiKosWbU4EXqKF1dT1Fg31ZTF4jdc/cSaVlnTp/E6/ 6oiYMAY5Us0Ommj0qmHCKvTnoPjQwT9KGV5JSf4UeGqxhjMwFnhk0lDuohaFNIbLDJPR uOuXhh+9MQn0Vr/0Bxqj/Go5OAB79GG3/k78WSjzTc9C8CdRGWDmebLVlGqj+kXKcvC6 H4Pw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=PwDgYH82KUA8vFiZsc9kLYocu/1md4/9/VKzHMiNG9A=; b=FisNRCwtjzJvCO2pwkgdIvEetu+M/d8CGy/X3nCCeGZx3TAW8ID/R06EjVB3pIOSoi 8h6ts4GRYSafdEfxCBiBAixDst4nFVLWFgAEVUXcKoJ5rUz+CEfPxDYlG94eID2ioh+X y1VkagSQOkF+gfgHLAr1/gOCluvR6XjPcsGsfPJm7UbEiQ5SqjaqjxKoVg1h1knJnGBM WjjDT8phWm2ZCH/QW/nqYQ0akD/ghiH0doVekLr+aYF660wFHGOiuy8SY7HC9gEOFzhF R6+hF2VfyIk4voQRFz/rNpWUiQPJNfmHyTklhFPUSzjU1LPIqNx9rfeWBEGVt4i7RVXc COYQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530q8dK8Yc0Np0qMI5swIzdf+zIWK6uii8G3Vn8EXHoI3qxOknx7 Du4g3Kwn5u+oIF+im4OUrlVghC7O0K7knw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwMSvPxauEtfpUAFjN02P6AD7RlmE6pqaQfIPRSCoCY55e7T6uxsxxrwZiuet8GDVkOP6vy4g== X-Received: by 2002:aa7:9818:: with SMTP id e24mr18791714pfl.30.1591550858941; Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:27:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 107-215-223-226.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net (107-215-223-226.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [107.215.223.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z9sm12564882pjr.39.2020.06.07.10.27.37 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:27:37 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.14\)) From: Bakul Shah In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2020 10:26:48 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <9FB6B5CB-A8A2-4EA7-8613-474C2B376FEC@iitbombay.org> References: <8a2e9b1b-8890-a783-5b53-c8480c070f2e@telegraphics.com.au> <8b8d2ff3ed704c5631997387bf78e9b7@firemail.de> <202006070557.0575vkwU011918@freefriends.org> To: Clem Cole X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.14) 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: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Jun 7, 2020, at 8:26 AM, Clem Cole wrote: >=20 > That said, I personally am the most excited about Go theses day, but = I'm also thinking Rust looks pretty interesting, but my experience with = both compared to C is extremely nominal. Neither language is used for = anything in production in our world at this point. People who use Rust seem to really like it but so far I have not done anything in it. I will take another look if I do any bare metal coding. In contrast I use Go for almost all my own coding now. I am not entirely happy with it but the ecosystem around it is great. And the really nice thing about it is that not only I can cross-compile programs but also, I believe it is the only compiled language (much more so than C) where a lot of stuff just works on on plan9.=