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> And the basis upon which computing sits upon. No, C is the basis of a lot of programs. It is not, nor could it be, the basis of a sane system of computation

• coldtea 11y ago
  That's an "moral" style judgement. From a pragmatic perspective computing is just "a lot of programs". It's not what "should be" -- it's what it is.
  • wtbob 11y ago
    No, computation is a mathematical discipline; the lambda calculus is one way of thinking about computation (I won't say it's the best, but it's a way) which is part of that discipline; C simply … isn't. Common Lisp, of course, is a hell of a lot more than just the lambda calculus, but it's also a hell of a lot better a language than is C.