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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26542 invoked from network); 21 May 2020 18:58:37 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 21 May 2020 18:58:37 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5C4BC9C924; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:58:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD3559C83B; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:58:15 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="Fx1NMAUU"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5FC0D9C83B; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:58:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-yb1-f178.google.com (mail-yb1-f178.google.com [209.85.219.178]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3BCB9C5EC for ; Fri, 22 May 2020 04:58:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-yb1-f178.google.com with SMTP id b123so3344257yba.4 for ; Thu, 21 May 2020 11:58:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=eP/FGM8cq296wYVLA+NBJm2WwuLRq0xENyOKOKPYXqU=; b=Fx1NMAUUUjJjpQR2yuqVwFZx89ew7D5Qg+8Y9u791VyWQtANu7WF27XK7hI7+AsRnk nemc9CRjZDlUdAYCx9vDFngdW5G6seG+XjMxWUk/kI3EFa2JWgFgGGNI3dApPz2VqksQ kdMP6UrPZoup8NsTWCg7yBrtsaTHbLvZJ7woQe8tUpAYlvsVKlUThUnqSeS+1+Go5Dmj rhnmo6Wfch2d+W2uLi5L+u4kEGfmaa3H5PZGnIPSBziQuVntyF42lp4+IiAEpQnlg+rG HDxjhHDHc7LRKm3uXMfNpabcmnimf55aJG84oa/KRcZFTHDkwbXE7lwRiQzqHHnfGI4t hB3g== 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=eP/FGM8cq296wYVLA+NBJm2WwuLRq0xENyOKOKPYXqU=; b=acIB+m4qtW926dcZHmvWaF+MzZpBVcpeCrtp7HRNp+zopSaXqr6u8zvqWZjGR4nBrm 3sOUliWzJxVhR4JJp4+i1xbmqa6+KRmWADu5m/dQKH3itsL1hGqTyo30VXWU8dQ4esnO WVia40qprcmN+ysLwsgtLWMOkD5zR3P3SfEZey78iqlMmBOZfOcueOJxZS5j70Mc9woh KGRll8To+5COu+ixgRbZhGAAd/psSvqglbtE8TJzovPvPp32BsRAOUjPZR8Yer+FCvBY 9ngd53q3oXsnSByDbrXikVvAtv1GszvVyNFJgmCU+vfkL5MAMhnlP9ew64vx1IWoagtK uIpg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533lf00bMmfgpiOapVrpoYK9e1becci9DDmx8o8slUpNYhP104yD fXcHl1NCzHQBqwAtyY7MpgrFkzkrLTjxd/vl7x0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxpdBkDrXce1e5WoQ2u2hoVGo5fZCr4sI20dbqKW8BvzpmyG63N2MUeX7obuizkcM0ktkeWwS216E3PNyuXsK4= X-Received: by 2002:a25:4c04:: with SMTP id z4mr17711067yba.466.1590087492070; Thu, 21 May 2020 11:58:12 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: "A. P. Garcia" Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 14:58:01 -0400 Message-ID: To: Tyler Adams Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000002074d405a62d1891" 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" --0000000000002074d405a62d1891 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >From memory, there is a History of Programming Languages book from an ACM conference that contains some papers that were presented there, along with some notes from Q&A sessions that followed. I'm paraphrasing, but Dennis Ritchie said something flattering about Pascal, that it was essentially the same language as C. Given this, asked Niklaus Wirth, why do you suppose that C is so much more popular than Pascal? Ritchie answered, "I don't know". My personal opinion is that Ken Thompson is not given enough credit for the beauty and expressiveness of C, as much of this comes from its predecessor, B, which is essentially Thompson's "remix" of BCPL. On Thu, May 21, 2020, 11:28 AM Tyler Adams wrote: > Does anybody have any good resources on the history of the popularity of > C? I'm looking for data to resolve a claim that C is so prolific and > influential because it's so easy to write a C compiler. > > Tyler > --0000000000002074d405a62d1891 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
From memory, there is a History of Programming Languages = book from an ACM conference that contains some papers that were presented t= here, along with some notes from Q&A sessions that followed. I'm pa= raphrasing, but Dennis Ritchie said something flattering about Pascal, that= it was essentially the same language as C. Given this, asked Niklaus Wirth= , why do you suppose that C is so much more popular than Pascal?=C2=A0 Ritc= hie answered, "I don't know".

My personal opinion is that Ken Thompson is not given enough = credit for the beauty and expressiveness of C, as much of this comes from i= ts predecessor,=C2=A0 B, which is essentially Thompson's "remix&qu= ot; of BCPL.

On Thu, May 21, 2020, 11:28 AM Tyler Adams <coppero1237@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anybody have any go= od resources on the history of the popularity of C? I'm looking for dat= a to resolve a claim that C is so prolific and influential because it's= so easy to write a C compiler.

Tyler
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