On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Brian L. Stuart <blstu...@bellsouth.net>wrote:
> > > Q: "Will C continue to be important into the future?" > > > (Dave Kirk, Nvidia)A: "No, I think C will die like > > Fortran has" > > > > let me explain the joke. In HPC circles, people have been > > predicting > > the death of fortran for 30 years. Fortran has continued to > > grow and > > thrive. The predictions continue, but the latest fortran > > standard > > includes objects. > > > > So, what Dave is saying, tongue in cheek, is that C will > > die in the > > way fortran has -- i.e., not at all. > > I just hope standards committees don't "enhance" C into > Frankenstein's monster. > > I actually think they might enhance C in this way in the ISO standard one day. The only nice bit is this is like C + a taped on block "thingy". You don't have to use it, and your other C is not affected by this change. (I think) It's not like they're changing the semantics of the ; or anything. (or did they?)
