Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
Ron Johnson writes:
> But the point is that it can easily be done, and often is, to get that
> extra feature, or reduce the SLOC by a dozen or so, or to speed it up a
> little bit.
The only one of my packages that makes any system calls is chrony (it mucks
about with the clock) and it has a compatibility layer.
> Another thing that kills portability is the need to call functions that
> only have a library on a specific platform.
Most well-written libraries are themselves portable.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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