On: Re: C as used/implemented in practice

[carlosrg]

Until I see really big and open source projects like WebKit or Clang itself moving to Swift or whatever, anything I read about moving to "better systems languages" is like reading a letter to Santa Claus. I doubt C++ is going anywhere, especially when C++ itself is not standing still and evolving (C++11, 14, 17...) while maintaining backwards compatibility.

[pjmlp → carlosrg]

What about having early versions Mac OS written in Object Pascal, only to rewrite it in C for pleasure of the UNIX hordes?

[GFK_of_xmaspast → pjmlp]

I wasn't a mac user until later, are you saying that was done for reasons of ideology?

[pjmlp → GFK_of_xmaspast]

Yes. Mac OS was initially written in a mix of Object Pascal and Assembly.

Even Photoshop 1.0 was, check the available source code.

Object Pascal was the inspiration for Turbo Pascal 5.5 OOP extensions.

After a few OS releases, UNIX was already getting user in the industry and pressure from users about C compiler availability grew.

Apple introduced a new SDK with C and C++ support, including a C++ framework. Afterwards the new OS apis were written in C.

Also by this time, Apple did their first attempt at the UNIX market with A/UX.