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Fitting a C compiler on a PDP-11 was an impressive achievement, but as a language it was a poor foundation to build anything reliable, and we still live with th
by erik_seaberg 2y ago
Fitting a C compiler on a PDP-11 was an impressive achievement, but as a language it was a poor foundation to build anything reliable, and we still live with the consequences.
- pjmlp 2y agoEspecially taking into account the decade of systems languages predating that feat, and everything else happening outside Bell Labs. Had UNIX been a commercial product from the get go, and most likely C wouldn't have taken off as it did.