XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 06/01/2026 16:12, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   > Waldek Hebisch wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> In alt.folklore.computers c186282  wrote:   
   >>    
   >>>    Hmm ... look at all the GNU 'compilers' -   
   >>>    FORTRAN, COBOL, Ada, 'D', M2, Rust,C++,   
   >>>    G++, even Algol-68. None are 'compilers'   
   >>>    per-se, but to-'C' TRANSLATORS. So, 'C',   
   >>>    pretty much All Are One And One Is All.   
   >>   
   >> No.  Compiler as first stage translate given language to a   
   >> common representation.  This representatiton is different   
   >> than C.  Ada and GNU Pascal have parametrized types, there   
   >> is nothing like that in C.   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> C++ (and some other languages)   
   >> have exceptions, C do not have them.   
   >   
   > What about setjmp()/longjmp() ?   
   >   
   Exactly. The problem with making high level 'features' in a language is   
   people then don't see how they actually work.   
      
   One of the worst features of C libs is malloc() and free() where the   
   underlying mechanism is opaque.   
      
   auto allocation and garbage collection is even worse.   
      
   Also operator overloading and weak  typing.   
      
   You simply do not know where you are.   
      
   It's all fearfully clever ins a smart alec sort of way but it makes for   
   a lot of problems downstream...   
      
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