Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

[Peter Hugosson-Miller <pehu@im.se>]

Jacob Anawalt wrote:

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> ...and how that at times seems to be a 'waste of space' (mutter, if 
> only they'd all use C and Perl I wouldn't have to download all these 
> packages...) :P, but thinking of the choices it gives everyone and the 
> extra software that might get written because some group's 'cup of 
> tea' language is there it doesn't seem like a waste at all. 

Amen brother!

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