> It is also worth noting that the C language has very close ties to the
> VAX architecture it was first implemented on

Sorry, nonsense. C was first implemented *long* before the VAX-11
architecture. It has some resemblance to the PDP-11 architecture it was
first developed on, but 'close ties' is much too strong. Read
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html

Wouter van Ooijen

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