On Sunday, 14 May 2017 at 02:11:36 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
On Sunday, 14 May 2017 at 00:05:56 UTC, Dibyendu Majumdar wrote:
(a) Trust the programmer.
I don't understand this point. C doesn't offer the programmer
much to work with. If you trust the programmer, shouldn't that
mean you provide a large set of tools and let them decide which
parts to use? C is pretty much "here are some pointers, go have
fun".
The C99 Rationale also says: "The Committee is content to let C++
be the big and ambitious language. While some features of C++ may
well be embraced, it is not the Committee’s intention that C
become C++."
I read that as: C is mostly in preservation and fossilization
mode. If you want new features look elsewhere. We will not rock
the boat.
That is probably a good thing. C has its niche and it is
comfortable there. If you want to beat C, it will not fight back.
The only problem is to convince the C programmers to move.
