On 10/15/2011 8:23 AM, mcd@is-sixsigma.com wrote:
> M.L wrote:
>
>> I don't think many large applications are using C. I think it's
>> more common to use OOP for GUI programs.
> One of the more common models I see is to write the application core in C
> and the GUI in Python.  Until you hit the GUI, C is quite portable across
> platforms, and there are a number of GUI libraries for Python that are
> also portable.  This allows a developer to write a reasonably fast
> application that is easily portable across Windows, Mac and Linux
> platforms.
>
> I personally tend to gravitate toward C for non-PIC platforms, and use C+=
+
> when I expect the app to get more complex, but I see far fewer C++ apps i=
n
> the wild than I would expect.  Of course, in the M$ environment there is =
a
> lot of C#, but in spite of the portability offered by Mono, it doesn't
> seem to be all that common outside the M$ world.
>
> --McD
>
>
IMHO:
I keep hearing my Nerd brothers & sisters saying that c is obsolete and=20
no longer relevant. I beg to differ. The skinny little K & R book with=20
its simple and concise language definition remains the foundation of the=20
industry. Many of us who have tried to keep up with too many things=20
changing too fast think of K & R c as generic assembler. When a new=20
computer is first designed there are really only two choices when it=20
comes to making it marketable: you must have either a c compiler or a=20
cross compiler that supports it from a pre existing host. One way or=20
another you must not expect to retrain all the programmers. Cross=20
compilers are quick & dirty solutions that can get a product running=20
quickly. The native c compilers take a little time & talent to create=20
and permit the programmer to wring every bit of performance from the=20
hardware.

Further IMHO:
Nearly all of the compilers I have looked at recently imitate c in=20
structure with embellishments (and limitations) inspired by FORTRAN or=20
COBOL. I am not criticizing, just observing.
I don't consider myself a programmer at all. I am just a very old=20
student in the world of computers. I try to not get involved with=20
micro's that do not have some sort of free c-compilers anymore. Life is=20
too short to waste building new tools that are no better than the originals=
..

We have lost one of the Giants of our time...


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John Ferrell W8CCW


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