by Gosi <gosinn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 11, 2008 at 01:36 AM
On May 10, 9:24=A0pm, Ibeam2000 <Ibeam2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> C was popular because it was around at the right place and the right
> time. (around 1980) =A0It was easy to port, small, was ported
> everywhere, and was the only thing until something "better" came
> along. =A0That better thing was Java. =A0I haven't heard of anyone doing
> any serious application programming in C for at least 15 years. =A0One
> person once described working in C as "like working with something
> highly radioactive".
It is just like people wanted Dos even if better operating systems
were around.
Now that Vista is trying to fix many of the Windows issues like it is
harder for programmers to change the system then many programmers are
screaming for the older version to continue with all their faults.
I understand there are still more versions of Dos than any other
operating system.
Maybe APL is/was considered to strict?
The user was/is basically protected from simple mistakes.
Many APL dialects have recently opened up to the surroundings like
calling outside programs.
