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>C succeeded, because it mirrors Unix so well Actually, Unix succeeded after it was rewritten in C. (Not counting the very first Unix version which was done in
by 1gor 18y ago
>C succeeded, because it mirrors Unix so well
Actually, Unix succeeded after it was rewritten in C. (Not counting the very first Unix version which was done in assembler. See http://www.livinginternet.com/i/iw_unix_c.htm http://www.livinginternet.com/i/iw_unix_c.htm )
- scott_s 18y agojimbokun's point was that C and Unix succeeded as a pair, which I agree with. C allowed Unix to be a portable OS, and the proliferation of Unix meant that everyone who did systems work learned C.