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C Alive and Well Thanks to Portable.NET

Posted by michael on from the alive-and-well-anyway-in-case-you-hadn't-noticed dept.

rhysweatherley writes "So C is dead in a world dominated by bytecode languages, is it? Well, not really. Portable.NET 0.6.4 now has a fairly good C compiler that can compile C to IL bytecode, to run on top of .NET runtimes. We need some assistance from the community to port glibc in the coming months, but it is coming along fast. The real question is this: would you rather program against the pitiful number API's that come with C#, or the huge Free Software diversity that you get with C? The death of C has been greatly exaggerated. It will adapt - it always has."

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  1. Re:FOR THE LAST TIME... by MukiMuki · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Atomatic generators, of course, allow you to change a text document's protons and electrons; it's Nano-Programming(tm)!

    Okay, I'm an idiot and this is the second twice in as many posts that I've made a stupid spelling error that will haunt me for many replies to come. I figure this time I'll get the jump on 'em.

  2. Virtual punchcards are like virtual brains by John+Courtland · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I hated MVS. I hated COBOL. I hated ASSIST. I most DEFINITELY hated JCL. All due to the restrictions from those damn virtual punch cards. Column 8 my ass.

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