Monday, October 12, 2020

Digest for comp.lang.c++@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

Manfred <noname@add.invalid>: Oct 12 10:37PM +0200

On 9/14/2020 7:38 AM, David Brown wrote:
>>> likely to face any competition from the young developers.  However,
>>> the technology is changing so old programmers may not find it easy to
>>> adapt to the new requirements.
 
Nice quote from Linus!
 
>> the objecttions of Linus Torvald to C++.
 
> It would be crazy, IMHO, to use a managed language like C# for an OS.
> An OS needs to be lower level than that.
 
As you say, an OS is at a lower level than any managed code
('interpreted' was too old fashioned a word).
So, it would not just be crazy, it couldn't work at all, unless someone
would call 'OS' the crowd of apps that ships with e.g. Win10 - but this
would be salesman's talk.
 
(Higher level languages can be
Manfred <noname@add.invalid>: Oct 12 06:53PM +0200

On 9/12/2020 3:23 PM, Chris Vine wrote:
> otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
> including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet,
> without prior written permission."
 
The key words being "Unless otherwise specified"
 
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