Linux and aliasing?

Jean-Pierre Radley jpr@jpr.com
Wed Jun 30 15:43:00 GMT 1999


Linus Torvalds averred (on Fri, Jun 04, 1999 at 08:56:31AM -0700):
| 
| On 4 Jun 1999 craig@jcb-sc.com wrote:
| > 
| > C is simply a poor language for the task at hand.
| 
| Well, I do agree. But at the same time I also disagree, for the obvious
| reason that it's still the =best= language for the task at hand. So I can
| only hope to make it better for it rather than make it worse.

Which brings to mind Winston Churchill's remark to the effect that
democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest.

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Jean-Pierre Radley <jpr@jpr.com>  XC/XT Custodian   Sysop, CompuServe SCOForum



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