From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102b75,501ec19d1d81daee X-Google-Attributes: gid102b75,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,db9a11afb3da4240 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-24 11:58:33 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!nntp.cprm.net!venus.telepac.pt!news.telepac.pt!not-for-mail From: Rodrigo Cunha Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Language support for flexible handling of system-detected errors. Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:58:24 +0000 Organization: Instituto Superior =?ISO-8859-1?Q?T=3Fcnico?= Message-ID: <3C9E2FDD.5040607@rnl.ist.utl.pt> References: < <3C9D2202.7030200@worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: rnbc@rnl.ist.utl.pt NNTP-Posting-Host: a213-22-120-194.netcabo.pt Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: venus.telepac.pt 1016999829 24859 213.22.120.194 (24 Mar 2002 19:57:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@mail.telepac.pt NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 19:57:09 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.8) Gecko/20020204 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.arch:25810 comp.lang.ada:21619 Date: 2002-03-24T19:58:24+00:00 List-Id: > Tissa Adam wrote: > Jim Rogers wrote: > > > >>technology fads. When you consider dying languages you should >>add C to that list. Clearly its usage as a percent of all new >>development has dropped dramatically over the past 10 years. >>It is not being taught in universities any more. In fact, C++ >>is seldom taught in universities any more. Both languages >>must be dying, just like Ada. >> > > The are. > In 10 years time, C++ will be an old obscure language. > Already, the C newsgroups feel and sound like the Forth newsgroups. Most large open source project are implemented in C/C++, most "core" technologies are implemented in C/C++, including unix, windows, ios... also motif, kde, gnome, mozilla, IE, word, excel, most database engines, Apache, the Internet depends on C... and you say C is dead? Oh dear... -- email (same address): rnbc@rnbc.pt.eu.org or rnbc@rnl.ist.utl.pt homepage: http://rnbc.pt.eu.org/~rnbc IRC: r0 (PT-Net and IRC-Net and sometimes UnderNet)