Owen Densmore wrote: ... > Really hip programming teams will define a subset of all these systems > that are platform independent -- i.e. work on all systems. They will > stick to these subsets, understanding that sometimes constraints > really are freedoms.
I have a colleague who insists that the only such subset is C, straight up, no ++, no #, no Objective, no C-like scripting language. She insists that if you stick with ANSI C (C89) you will have code that is highly portable - as long as you stay out of the hardware. She considers C90 is just as portable, but is suspicious of C99 as it is still catching on in some places. -- Ray Parks [email protected] Consilient Heuristician Voice:505-844-4024 ATA Department Mobile:505-238-9359 http://www.sandia.gov/scada Fax:505-844-9641 http://www.sandia.gov/idart Pager:800-690-5288 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
