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LCA: Lessons from 30 years of SendmailLCA: Lessons from 30 years of SendmailPosted Feb 5, 2011 17:10 UTC (Sat) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630)In reply to: LCA: Lessons from 30 years of Sendmail by HelloWorld Parent article: LCA: Lessons from 30 years of Sendmail
But this simply isn't the case: C is just one spot among many, many, many others on the efficiency-vs.-comfort curve. More specifically, it is not on the performance maximum of that curve, since that's where assembly language is. It's not a smooth curve. The transition from C to assembly involves a *huge* increase in the difficulty curve with a relatively modest increase in the efficiency curve. C is a just-high-enough/just-low-enough level language to hit a sweet spot in efficiency-vs-difficulty. But you already know this and are just arguing for the sake of it.
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LCA: Lessons from 30 years of Sendmail Posted Feb 6, 2011 1:37 UTC (Sun) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link]
> But you already know this and are just arguing for the sake of it.
No, I merely disagree with you. C doesn't sit in a sweet spot, as there are many, many useful features that could be added without compromising efficiency, like templates, modules, proper macros and many more. Anyway, discussing this with you is obviously pointless by now.
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