Re: question about linker

On 30.11.2024 15:10, James Kuyper wrote:

On 11/29/24 22:25, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
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From the various bits and pieces spread around I saw that Bart had
obviously adopted many syntactical elements of Algol 68, and I wonder
why he hadn't used just this language (or any "better" language than
"C") if he dislikes it so much that he even implemented own languages.
But okay.

 
No existing language meets Bart's needs as well as his own does. He
attributes this to all of the other language designers being idiots for
creating those languages, and to all the other languages' users being
idiots for not rejecting those languages. He refuses to accept the
possibility that his own preferences for language design might be
somewhat idiosyncratic.

It would probably have been good - and I don't say that ironically
or anything - if Bart would either have presented his language(s)
on the market (to be part of the competition process for the best
product), or if he would have participated in the standardization
committees (to get his design ideas discussed, and then implemented
or dismissed).

Janis