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=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_20,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 23820 invoked from network); 5 Jul 2021 19:03:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Jul 2021 19:03:43 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0B51E9CA60; Tue, 6 Jul 2021 05:03:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 544379C9F1; Tue, 6 Jul 2021 05:02:46 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="ISQcGkQw"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DA6209C9F1; Tue, 6 Jul 2021 05:02:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f176.google.com (mail-qk1-f176.google.com [209.85.222.176]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DBEC9C9F0 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2021 05:02:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f176.google.com with SMTP id a6so2723556qka.4 for ; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 12:02:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=JhpwmJS9Al6toX7gKuXTVeLNjKQvXKW1sfD/Ls1S+04=; b=ISQcGkQwZxR9fwYhCJyVTTfswbuMODou3kSpeLzri744wwpR6ozbIBGZ+szsW4C1Q4 UVzwu4iJQj84MiHNS+nbXE7dGDeBhQuS8mpKk8QUg46YV5q63GIl1XnjlT2GIQq7Rj5P 13u3R5mHmklRN4Mz/fP1JBjHhHkRGC4ggATmM= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=JhpwmJS9Al6toX7gKuXTVeLNjKQvXKW1sfD/Ls1S+04=; b=dedcU9SQ5yftw77PX0EAO/Huf8BQeMAUQvzPtMzYJ5tspnvtZxHuJAMbxlM3PW5YCg KHbeuhQnj4+RbibJKlvhCahVRnPzq8KXTggpZNwZHSEeSJOt000Tmje3TfElNSBYffRM GqNHFoX9f3VphuyPpFn31EEOF20QzICeUniN8QAUHJVEHLp+HjAwy1Gd+GDn4XHeXSHZ DFfKa/RExwKSEQ2zOM8F6xpTiQCZPrjM7PPS4xwEW75ugyw+5xHIvCMI2nHh98fvnS0O wJ1Vwi0qAlsWNoq9agISf5zzIMTRBhPUUMJdFzN9fyNKvpefbg6EKS4Tj04FpFJN167Q duWA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5317WIPi/emzsY4TmUFXOpaXgWia5vvoTYs20duNH6QuqNWYbNey 5Xmhdwg0DoXZ0W4VTDLLqyE7HqSAtTEfH2QGrQ7ZstknKZM6Xct9 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyinCbiCEjUglA97aft7inlJ5Z7CcordMOKY55HBqiuu+5ohdsoSYx3qde9RbmR5Ezz7ehUdHbt0rtzAUu/OCg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:69b:: with SMTP id f27mr16080953qkh.25.1625511760941; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 12:02:40 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210702213648.GW817@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 15:02:14 -0400 Message-ID: To: Warner Losh Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000016e48905c664f3fa" 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: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --00000000000016e48905c664f3fa Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 12:40 PM Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 03, 2021 at 05:49:57PM +0200, Andy Kosela wrote: >> > They also think that C is obsolete >> > > Hammers are not obsolete because we have screws, even though they > are mostly useless with screws. There's plenty of nails out there. > Amen... FWIW: I wrote this a few years ago: https://www.quora.com/Is-Fortran-obsolete/answer/Clem-Cole =E1=90=A7 --00000000000016e48905c664f3fa Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Mon, Jul 5, 2021 at 12:40= PM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>= ; wrote:


On Sat, Jul 03, 2021 at 05:49:57= PM +0200, Andy Kosela wrote:
> They also think that C is obsolete

Hammers are not obsolete because we have screws, even though they
are mostly useless with screws. There's plenty of nails out there.
Amen...
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FWIW: I wrote this a few years ago: https://www.quora.com/= Is-Fortran-obsolete/answer/Clem-Cole=C2=A0
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