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>Note: I also can't overemphasize enough that the first language they actually designed, feature by feature, to replace C was a modification of Wirth's Oberon-2
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
>Note: I also can't overemphasize enough that the first language they actually designed, feature by feature, to replace C was a modification of Wirth's Oberon-2 with features like we're talking about.
No... The first language they designed to replace C was Plan9 C. Then Go, which drew heavy inspiration from Limbo, apparently.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoI hadn't heard there was a different version of C for Plan 9. Got a link showing differences/advantages?
- qwertyuiop924 10y agohttp://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/programming/c_programming_in_plan_9 http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/programming/c_programming_in_pla... It's mostly ANSI C, but with some variations (you can only #include once), and a lot of work put into ensuring portability without #ifdef and auto*.