Re: A database theory resource - ideas

On Mar 20, 4:41 am, "David Cressey" <cresse..._at_verizon.net> wrote:
> "Marshall" <marshall.spi..._at_gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> Their goals were to get a
> minimalist OS and PL off the ground with minimal resources, both people and
> computers. They succeeded.

And in fact a standardized low-level language is something that it is useful to have. Lots of compilers to higher-level languages have gotten off the ground by generating C code which could then be compiled for multiple platforms, for example.

> It's the people who came later, as you suggest, that expanded the scope,
> while blurring the original vision.

Yes, the fanatical rear-guard. (Thanks JOG.)

An officemate says he likes to tweak C fans by calling it a low-level language, which of course it is. "No, it's high level" they say. Then he opens K&R to the intro where it says "C is a low-level language." Heh heh heh.

Marshall Received on Tue Mar 20 2007 - 15:18:06 CET