Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:42, John Hasler wrote:
> 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.
(Warning: reference to non-FLOSS software.) But you can't always
know if the the library is portable.
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