On Monday, 5 February 2018 at 10:23:23 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
On Monday, 5 February 2018 at 08:06:16 UTC, Boris-Barboris
wrote:
I have no doubt it can be done in the end. I solely imply that
the disadvantage here is that in C's "main" (imo) use case it
has to be done, and that is a thing to be concerned about when
picking a language.
Yes, the wheels are turning. C is for portability and C++ is
for system level programming.
C is for trusting the programmer, so that they can do anything.
It's also for keeping things fast - *even if not portable*.
Last but not least, C is for keeping things small, and simple.
(btw. these are somewhat paraphrased versions I took from a MISRA
C paper)
C does all this really well, and has done so... for a very long
time.
I believe this is why its not so easy to create a 'better' C (let
alone convince people that there is a need for a better c)
