But is C maintainable and suitable for a Business Application with all the modifications which are bound to occur over its lifetime. I have always thought of C as a write once language, hence why many large institutions still use COBOL.
Nick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ted Roche > Sent: 10 December 2007 14:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: A Question of Strategy / Crystal Ball required > > On Dec 9, 2007 11:06 AM, Nick Causton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The age old question again I am afraid - which language to use? > > C. > > The language is standardized, available from mutliple vendors, has > deep support availabile, huge numbers of add-on libraries and is > supported on nearly every computing platform ever invented. > > So, what are you building? > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/!&[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
