Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 20:20:13 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> Cc: t g <unixboy007@hotmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why c? Message-ID: <20000816202013.D254@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008151042180.83027-100000@q.closedsrc.org>; from lplist@closedsrc.org on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:45:02AM -0700 References: <F27g6A7oPiFEW6sStwN00000d3d@hotmail.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008151042180.83027-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:45:02AM -0700, Linh Pham wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, t g mumbled: > > > i've been trying to learn unix off and on for a while now, and i finally > > trashed windoze ;-) now i'm running freebsd 4.0-release (only... no more > > windows at all!). > > > > anyway, when i was in college (not to long ago) i took a number of > > programming classes and all but one of them used c++. so, my question is, > > why is everything written in c? is it simply because unix was written > > before c++, or is c better for an os? > > > > i'm also interested in a good book on programming operating system if anyone > > has a recommendation (doesn't have to be geared toward unix). > > > > thanks. > > The main issue with C++ is that it's convuluted and filled with mayhem > :) > > A lot of programs are done in C mostly because it is more > cross-platform friendly than many programming languages. Meaning that > you can easily port a program written in C to run on UNIX, DOS, > Windows, etc. > > Try doing that with BASIC :) > On a more light-hearted note, http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/write_in_C.html > // Linh Pham > // http://closedsrc.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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