Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,
> On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 12:06:00PM +1000, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:
> > The one hole I am most concerned about is
> > access to standard OS services and code written in other
> > languages
>
> FWIW, C has the same problem, and yet n+1 programmers are happy with C
> (and its descendants).
Why do you think, C has the same problem? In C, it is dead
easy to access all OS services, because the standard API of
most OSs is written in C anyway. Moreover, C solved the
problem of interfacing to other languages by becoming so
ubiquitous that all other languages have to make sure that
they have an interface for talking to C.
It's a bit like comparing Windoze and Linux. Windoze
doesn't care about device drivers, because manufacturers of
devices have to make sure that they can operate with Windoze
if they want to survive. Linux can't afford that luxury
(yet) and has to take care of its drivers by itself. As the
underdog, you have to be smarter :-)
Manuel
