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Subject: Re: [TUHS] History of popularity of C
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arnold@skeeve.com <arnold@skeeve.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> C++ became the language of choice on the PC when MSFT started pushing
> its compiler and Visual Studio IDE.

C was winning years before that. I saw a comment on a certain orange
website that referred to Dr Dobbs Journal, August 1986, which I found
online at
https://archive.org/details/dr_dobbs_journal_vol_11/page/n541/mode/1up

On that page there are a few choice quotes from the archives (1983) about
C from a PC perspective. The letters pages are 1/3 C. There are 8/10 pages
of articles about C. Then there is a 23 page comparative review of 17 C
compilers.

It's remarkable :-)

Tony.
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