Talk:C (programming language)

hi, it is ritchie and kernigan who developed it, Bjarne Stroustroup did create a subset now called C++. Robert Tito | Talk 11:45, 23 February 2007 (CST)

C++ is not a subset of C. It is (at least mostly) a superset of C89. C99 has new features that are in part taken back from C++ and in part new to C and not (yet) included in C++. Phil Howard 10:48, 24 February 2007 (CST)

Thanks, adding right now.

Is C low-level? AFAIK, it is a mid-level language. --Rion 18:22, 23 February 2007 (CST)

In terms of language feature and design, C could rightly be considered a mid-level language. However (and this is my opinion), it should today be more classified at a lower level, perhaps called "bottom of mid-level or top of low-level". The reason I hold this opinion about C is because more and more of higher level programming that in years (or decades) past might have been done in C are now being done in other languages at a higher level, such as Python. Phil Howard 11:06, 24 February 2007 (CST)

Is it ok, if C will be one of the branches of programming languages? as well as any other progr. lang of course. It will unite every language we can come up with for computers. If you like it, add your name as one of the authors please. Robert Tito | Talk 14:34, 24 February 2007 (CST)

A standard programming language

Could we find a better term than the "is considered a standard programming language" mentioned in the article? Or we need to write an own article what a "standard programming language" is. Except for the fact that C was standardized (which is seemingly not meant as then the "is considered" would be wrong) I think that such a classification is a bit subjective and especially runs the danger of becoming obsolete with time.

There might be also another statement which might be a bit out-dated: "it is the most commonly used programming language for writing system software, though it is also widely used for writing applications". I don't known about system software but is C really still widely used for writing applications? I would have thought it being mostly replaced by OOPL and scripting languages for that by now.

--Markus Baumeister 17:36, 25 February 2007 (CST)