Re: [Lit.] Buffer overruns
From: Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen_at_t-online.de)
Date: 12/09/04
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Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:04:27 +0100
Douglas A. Gwyn wrote:
> Mok-Kong Shen wrote:
>
>> However, C IS generally recognized as a high level programming
>> language.
>
>
> Not really. It is a systems implementation language
> (that can be highly portable when correctly used),
> which puts it only one notch above assembly language.
If you loop up any textbook on programming languages
(or perhaps better on history of programming languages)
you would find that your esteemed opinion is not shared.
A number of programming languages have extensive system
implementation usage, e.g. Modula, as far as I am aware.
M. K. Shen
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