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Aydan wrote:
> "scott" <sco### [at] scott com> wrote:
>>> - C and Prolog appeared at the same time. This doesn't make a lot of
>>> sense. C is a crude, simplistic low-level bit-twiddling langauge, while
>>> Prolog is a powerful high-level logic manipulation language. If there
>>> were computers capable of running Prolog, why did C need to exist?
>> Speed?
>
> How'd you imagine writing libraries for said high level logic manipulation
> language to interface hardware? Assembler? I'd think C is your best bet there
> since it's low level enough to do the bit twiddling to control hardware and high
> level enough to not be a PITA.
>
> Just my 2 cents
>
Depends on the processor, and your memory limits. Even C didn't do you
any good if you had to cram stuff in a tiny chunk of memory, and still
have it work. Nearly everything on Apple IIs was done in assembly.
--
void main () {
if version = "Vista" {
call slow_by_half();
call DRM_everything();
}
call functional_code();
}
else
call crash_windows();
}
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