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- From: Soeren Fietzke <soeren.fietzke@giessen.netsurf.de>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.object,comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
- Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 01:38:02 -0800
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- Tom Wheeley wrote:
- > Yes, I have read yours (and Kazimir's (sp?) follow-ups), and I err, retract
- > that argumant as making no sense :)
-
- Well, and it all started as a rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer...
- My attempt to finish this sub-thread:
-
- - C-Libraries are usually written in C (read P.J. Plauger "Standard C Library" if you do not
- believe this). However, you should distinguish library-calls (like "strcmp") and system-calls
- (like "write"). The latter are provided by the operating system.
- - the problem, that a c-compiler is needed to create a c-compiler, is solved (hint: cross-
- compiling). More Information: "Compilers" by Aho, Sethi, Ullman (or another book on that
- subject), keyword "bootstrap".
-
- Have fun, (but continue this discussion in 'comp.lang.c' only, please)
-
- Soeren
- (soeren.fietzke@giessen.netsurf.de)
-