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There will always be a need for a bottom layer language, but 20 years from now, will it still be C? I hope at some point the world will migrate to a newer langu
by mdemare 17y ago
There will always be a need for a bottom layer language, but 20 years from now, will it still be C? I hope at some point the world will migrate to a newer language.
- blasdel 17y agoAnything you could write a native filesystem or device driver in would be semantically quite similar to C, even in the ideal microkernel fantasy.
- jacquesm 17y agoWhy would you hope that if the old language is doing just fine for the purpose ?
- anigbrowl 17y ago'Just fine' is relative. The state of California still does all its financial transactions on a mainframe running COBOL; the cost of maintenance rises every year, but thanks to our budget deficit nobody wants to write the check for the cost of replacement.