On 1/29/21 10:03 PM, Guy Sotomayor via cctalk wrote: > > And unfortunately some industries it is prohibited. Those industries > *require* conformance to MISRA, CERT-C, ISO-26262 and others. There is > *no* choice since the code has to be audited and compliance is *not* > optional.
Just an illustration of what happens when you take a "portable alternative to assembly" and put lipstick on it. I've been programming C since System III Unix and I still consider it to be a portable (sort of) alternative to assembly. One of the problems with C, in my view, is a lack of direction. There are plenty of languages that aim for specific ends. (e.g. COBOL = business/commercial, FORTRAN = scientific, Java = web applications, etc.). But whence C or C++? In my dotage, I do a fair amount of MCU programming nowadays, and C is the lingua franca in that world; the only real alternative is assembly, so that makes some sense. Python, Ada, etc. never really managed to make much headway there. C is far more prevalent than C++ in that world, FWIW. Does standard C have vector extensions yet? I was an alternate rep for my firm for F90 (was supposed to be F88) for vector extensions; it's just a matter of curiosity. --Chuck
