On 4/4/23 03:14, Schmitt, Michael wrote:
"C is a language that combines all the elegance and power of assembly language with all the readability and maintainability of assembly language."
I like that quote! The major difference is that C is portable, which is why it's so successful.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Pew, Curtis G Sent: Monday, April 3, 2023 1:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Fascinating Interview with Steve Jobs [non-mainframe] - now Gary Kildall On Apr 3, 2023, at 12:03 AM, Tom Brennan <t...@tombrennansoftware.com<mailto:t...@tombrennansoftware.com>> 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.” -- Curtis Pew ITS Campus Solutions curtis....@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:curtis....@austin.utexas.edu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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