From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean-Pierre Radley To: EGCS Developers Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing? Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 09:02:00 -0000 Message-id: <19990604120157.L11362@jpradley.jpr.com> References: <19990604144904.21044.qmail@deer> X-SW-Source: 1999-06/msg00148.html 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. -- Jean-Pierre Radley XC/XT Custodian Sysop, CompuServe SCOForum From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jean-Pierre Radley To: EGCS Developers Subject: Re: Linux and aliasing? Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:43:00 -0000 Message-ID: <19990604120157.L11362@jpradley.jpr.com> References: <19990604144904.21044.qmail@deer> X-SW-Source: 1999-06n/msg00148.html Message-ID: <19990630154300.ehE8XdXaznct-wc1rSmo9s3YYa_7uk1DrPAc3pJ9YrA@z> 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. -- Jean-Pierre Radley XC/XT Custodian Sysop, CompuServe SCOForum