1 Sep
2017
1 Sep
'17
3:51 a.m.
On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 06:26:55PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
So I'd need to understand more to believe that claim. And for the record,
what I'm going for is a new C that is still C enough to be useful but
fixes the problems enough to be a new language. Someone asked about
C++ and D, nope. Too far from C. I just want a C that fixes enough
of the problems that it is more acceptable to modern programmers but
is still C. Not sure if I'm explaining that well enough.
To "fix the problems" without losing functionality you need to pick a
new set of abstractions. If you pick a new set of abstractions you've
stopped being C. This is the gulf between C fans and the "modern"
language set. When you file off the sharp edges, you have fewer
accidents, but you have to solve some problems differently.
khm