Re: XML as a transition to s-expr

[Pixel <address@hidden>]

Bruce Lewis <brlewis@alum.mit.edu> writes:

> char *argv[];
>   and
> printf("%s\n", foo);
>   aren't exactly newbie-friendly core syntax.
> 
> C managed to become popular despite this difficulty.

do you think C would be successful if it would be a introduced nowadays?
hopefully not!

C is *old*, and when it was introduced it was not that bad compared to the
other languages available at that time (for system programming).