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Dennis Ritchie RIPDennis Ritchie RIPPosted Oct 13, 2011 18:51 UTC (Thu) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129)In reply to: Dennis Ritchie RIP by nix Parent article: Dennis Ritchie RIP
> Other languages are all very well, and many of them are very nice, but none ever quite manages to knock C off its perch.
While that is true, it doesn't mean C is a great language. Actually, I think it should have died a gory death 20 years ago. Unfortunately, it is too entrenched among systems programmers today to ever be replaced :(
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Dennis Ritchie RIP Posted Oct 13, 2011 20:53 UTC (Thu) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
I don't see why. C is what C is and it's good at what it does that it is good at.
Tautologic Posted Oct 14, 2011 1:36 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] The same can be said about every other language, or about anything in fact! Tell you something, I have programmed using about a dozen languages now, and if I were to go back to C I would miss functional programming and (proper) objects a lot. But the heritage (from the syntax to so many ideas) is truly remarkable.
Dennis Ritchie RIP Posted Oct 14, 2011 1:59 UTC (Fri) by galanom (guest, #80787) [Link]
I think it is improper to post such a comment in the thread of the announcement of the death of its creator.
And yes, C is a great language. The only thing I miss from other languages is nested functions...
Dennis Ritchie RIP Posted Oct 14, 2011 3:31 UTC (Fri) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link]
> The only thing I miss from other languages is nested functions...
Then you either don't know enough other programming languages or you're just a really poor programmer.
Dennis Ritchie RIP Posted Oct 14, 2011 6:33 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]
WTF. Go pick fights somewhere else OK?
Dennis Ritchie RIP Posted Oct 14, 2011 6:44 UTC (Fri) by chad.netzer (✭ supporter ✭, #4257) [Link]
Must you really pick this thread to be so antagonistic in? Perhaps you could simply take galanom's *opinion* at face value.
Dennis Ritchie RIP Posted Oct 14, 2011 7:34 UTC (Fri) by acooks (subscriber, #49539) [Link]
Trolling on LWN? Really?
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