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There are other things to consider as well. Compiler support across various platforms: are there compilers available and do they generate good code? Mindshare
by vinkelhake 13y ago
There are other things to consider as well.
Compiler support across various platforms: are there compilers available and do they generate good code?
Mindshare: how big is the intersection of people who know the language and have the domain knowledge to contribute to the project?
- pjmlp 13y agoWhen C was UNIX only, the generated code quality also had a lot to be desired.
- vinkelhake 13y agoSorry, I don't get what you're arguing here. Are you saying the C-compilers generated poor code when the FFmpeg project was started back in 2000? Are you arguing that if the FFmpeg project had used Modula-2, this would have sparked more work on Modula-2 compilers? Or are you perhaps just wishing that history had taken a different turn?
- Crito 13y agoThe initial release of FFmpeg was in 2000, well after that stage in C's life.