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Subject: One other possible reason for the C predominance
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:36:33 +0100
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Reading at some stuff, I've just learned somethings about C's story, whi=
ch  =

make me think this may be one other possible reason for the C  =

predominance. If you read it carefully, you may notice the same story  =

could possibly occurs with Ada in turn in the future.

In a short summary, it makes the assumption C was not so badly designed =
at  =

first and was even an abstraction, which became more and more suited as =
 =

the time was going. Obviously, this is not the case anymore (not as much=
  =

well suited as it was), but the author witness it reached an hight level=
  =

of suitability, when the Intel's i386 came into life=E2=80=A6 just notic=
e that  =

this architecture is still actual, just think about all of those Unices =
or  =

Linux application still built to target the i386 (Debian still do  =

nowadays). So this =E2=80=9Clanguage of the past=E2=80=9D was a language=
 of the future,  =

and just became a language of the past, =E2=80=9Crecently=E2=80=9D. Yes,=
 I know, this is  =

not an excuse for its flaws about typing and tasking, but this is still =
 =

worth reading to get a picture, and to see how possibly Ada could have t=
he  =

same story in the future (unless virtual machines are going to shadow it=
  =

and be the next bad answer=E2=80=A6 I'm really afraid of that in the mea=
n time).

Read this :
http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch04s03.html
The last part titled =E2=80=9CCase Study: C Considered as Thin Glue=E2=80=
=9D

-- =

Si les chats miaulent et font autant de vocalises bizarres, c=E2=80=99es=
t pas pour  =

les chiens.
=E2=80=9C c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */ =E2=80=
=9D [Anonymous]