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From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
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Subject: Re: [TUHS] History of popularity of C
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Toby Thain <toby@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
> - inexpensive compiler availability was not very good until ~1990 or
> later, but C had been taking off like wildfire for 10 years before that

I get the impression that an important part of its popularity was how C
(and C++) became the language of choice on the PC, and displaced Pascal in
the process.

Tony.
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