Re: One other possible reason for the C predominance

["Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

Le Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:59:16 +0100, Hoàng Đình Long <long.hdi@gmail.com> a  
écrit:
> I don't understand the "same story" you mentioned. Did you mean "Ada
> as a glue layer"?
I meant, just like C was promoted because at some time in the past, it  
appeared to match the architectures in use, may be Ada in the future,  
gonna be recognized for the same purpose (as C does not any more, since at  
least about 15 years). But as I also said in a previous message, I am  
afraid virtual machines and their languages running only on these virtual  
machines, will not help to start thinking again (as it seems “we” have  
stopped thinking). Moreover, virtual machines offers to much opportunities  
to replay again and again, the same errors all the time, each time on a  
new virtual machine. That's not good ? Oh, just create a new virtual  
machine. Oh, the language fails ? Don't bother, let's create a new virtual  
machine, the language fails again ? etc, and so on. This offers two points  
(both acting as an exit point for the other), which is perfect to draw a  
loop, and I am afraid we gonna be trapped in this loop.


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