Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ISM780.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!ISM780!billp From: billp@ISM780.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Re: Unix and user friendy systems (v Message-ID: <33700002@ISM780.UUCP> Date: Fri, 31-May-85 09:48:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ISM780.33700002 Posted: Fri May 31 09:48:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Jun-85 07:30:43 EDT References: <1770@ut-ngp.UUCP> Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:ut-ngp:-177000:ISM780:33700002:000:1030 Nf-From: ISM780!billp May 31 09:48:00 1985 /* Written 10:59 pm May 29, 1985 by abc@brl-sem in ISM780:net.unix */ Perhaps the controversy over whom and/or for what source code is written merely illuminates the heresy that "C" is not the ultimate programming language. /* End of text from ISM780:net.unix */ I don't think that many people will argue that "C" is the ultimate programming language, and you can ignore the few that do. I would hope that only salespeople actually propose that any language is the ultimate tool. Software engineers and artisans realize that any language they chose will have short-comings and problems. Some of us feel that "C" is a darnsight better than most other choices. With regard to the real issue, it is also clear that machines don't read source code, humans do. Machines are best feed a raw binary stream to load in their program store. Unfortunately, most people can't program in binary any more. Bill Putnam UUCP: ucbvax!ucla-cs!ism780!billp (`: If I wanted your opinion, I'd have beat it out of you :')