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From: Otfried Geffert <og@stardivision.de>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 11:21:48 GMT
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Subject: Re: Translation into C
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gep2@computek.net wrote
(omitted a lot of text)
=20
> The answer to the question, of course, is that C is simply far too=20=
low-level a=20
> language to do a lot of real-world applications in.
=20
(omitted a lot of text)
I agree that 'bare' C is too primitive for a lot of applications, but=20=
if you
have the data structures ( string, list, table , ... ) from Icon in a=20=
C library
you have really fast code _and_ high level data structures.
I use such a library from Dave Hanson for writing a compiler, a linker=20=
and a preprocessor
for a language called tscript, embedded in one of our products.=20
It can be found at ftp.cs.princeton.edu/pub/packages/cii
I use Icon (under the hood) for other -up to now - smaller tasks. I am=20=
not religious
about programming languages. I use the one best suited for the task at=20=
hand ( C, awk, Icon,
Lex, Yacc, some C++ [if I am urged to ;-)], some SQL)
Ciao, Otfried
_____________________________________________________
Otfried Geffert, og@stardiv.de
Star Division Gmbh, Sachsenfeld 4,=20
20097 Hamburg - Germany -
phone: (+49) (0)40 23646-864