On Apr 3, 2023, at 12:03 AM, Tom Brennan 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

I actually always liked C, maybe because its original simplicity reminded me of 
Assembler.  I mean, what other language can you goof up a length value or 
pointer and overwrite a bunch of other data areas by mistake?  Oh yeah, 
Assembler!

Sometime in the distant past I saw C described as “warmed-over PDP-11 
assembler.”


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