Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!nuchat!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: a style question Message-ID: Date: 12 Oct 90 03:11:50 GMT References: <1990Oct6.231143.28186@zoo.toronto.edu> <65263@lanl.gov> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 15 In article <65263@lanl.gov> jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes: > In the _very_ early days of C, it may have compared well to the PDP-8 > assembler - mostly because it way practically an upward compatible > extension of that assembler. Talking of contrary to observed fact: the PDP-8 had no part in the development of the C programming language. Perhaps you're thinking of the PDP-11. > I will assume you're speaking the truth (from some personal experience). > I don't know of any shops in which C fought an 'uphill battle'. C is fighting an uphill battle against PL/M right here, right now. Ever used PL/M? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com