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 4806 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2020 17:35:51 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Jun 2020 17:35:51 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 66FE39CA6F; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 03:35:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E0FF9CA4C; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 03:35:34 +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="ju5U3Yy+"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 891CF9CA4C; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 03:35:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pg1-f172.google.com (mail-pg1-f172.google.com [209.85.215.172]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3EA79CA4B for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2020 03:35:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pg1-f172.google.com with SMTP id d10so7672309pgn.4 for ; Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:35:31 -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=ju5U3Yy+uY6Rva1EzB0DeAQcUngqpQdJFpVZMnbB8IgokgPivquEk1WN1YxPMzVc+f wTOGaameO/gHeXMP+d3ZB0ihaS+LIBYxCuJxZWOliu03E1uTkaExoH4lFXGeYyy6bccv gPRiTxfrnKpV3caG0I/EkV93wmWnzGwLbtMh1El/M1GH2lfMqj+WtE0lZWN8QwEmRHT1 /FZRcPsAQAp7h5tAiKqU1PJR1bJGbK27cqTbx1g4aqSZZWz3pMHWKTwEpsQUr3MHCtug 8y2YAO+uh16HsIAIruhrgrE5bavqypq89CjzdzmEwHGbc1TFips1KJRFb4JXZ1ZOH8Uy zwNA== 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=nPRLVC87HMZ04+m4cXHtdp6+8UAbeYmOH54YPFK3TLKIPOGxMkFiiAbL507Fwt6M7z 5ubik5kND7B1lGPoWJFFt1rqr0bzd4MlKe2xH0cA02MyJUhplDKJHHEAYE7SDvCbn0pI u5Kwzqz+bOYM1m88BFRzYV/KBcbwsHcza2ZXKyrUYMK65TsRD5dbT1C51lN6ptYd44Wa Msyou/tY5aCDaFR1VLe8gKZ2maRNLRKIAdR6iU03AsNwwPG4AI9oYwlAFCf3xFBFQhJZ yxQYI0/1ZVZc+wN+zppd+tApaO+CuOEF29iU6frbYiRF0SY2pgw6xbvIccg02PUQaiVb 8XHw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532IkYwbEKXcQSUekFpIUSOyG/eSjOspXbdH6r05wiJGhZaUYsrO gQYpRCew29STbEFkZndz7ymIGg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwfvKQ9Yo0/bKopCfmpTG60PC5zNGC3Thxg2fYd/lPV4qc/h+dkrGgurKNR1zMeKjnmJkScsA== X-Received: by 2002:a62:86cd:: with SMTP id x196mr18225281pfd.158.1591551331549; Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:35:31 -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 cu9sm13140892pjb.28.2020.06.07.10.35.30 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:35:30 -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 10:35:29 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: 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.=