Richard said:
There is, in any case, no obvious widespread agreement over what,
precisely, must be done to change C.
They'll put it in your coffin with you when you go? It's your teddybear,
what?
Many of us like it pretty much the way it is.
Nobody wants to change C. Everyone wants a better language, and they ARE
under development. BUT (!), if you can't understand the concept of
versioning, well, you're not propogandizin' any yute, so stop hyp-mo-tizin'
yerself.
Those who want a radically different language are most
welcome to design their own,
They/we are.
but giving it a different name would
help to avoid confusion.
Like anyone would want the negative connotation of 'C' in a new language!
Are ya hip?
Bjarne Stroustrup understood this.
And many more things (he's a rocket scientist, duh). But a lot of critical
things have been learned since then. To me, C and C++ are relics. I just
wish I had another lifetime (or 10, cuz things are repressed to a snail's
pace). I'd rather flip hamburgers than be forced to write C/C++ code. (And
some wonder why engineering enrollment is dwindling?).
Computer programming languages are akin to proprietary rocketships to Mars.
If you are the type to take balloons into innerspace, you may want to
program in C or C++! All aboard the Virginal Titanic: space "flights" for
$250k. ... OK, wrong analogy... Oh, I know: All aboard steam-powered
riverboat, all original as the first steamboat! (For the unknowing, some of
the worst meritime disasters were the dangerous steamboats. The American
Society of Mechanical Engineers have roots in solving the problem of
exploding boilers (yes, steam and heat and stuff is mechanical
engineering)).
So, anyone wanna take a ride on a historic steamboat that is 100% original?
Not me.
(Hey, I could have reached for the "C/C++: is a condom enough protection?"
thrust (maybe if babies are you concern rather than STDs!)).
When I'm bad, I think I may be good. (The creativity has to go somewhere!
Entropy.)