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Comment by pjmlp

8 days ago

There is more to it even, the UNIX and C founders arrived to Go, before retirement, after a few other interactions.

AT&T was the one doing the Cyclone research.

And then we have a bunch of folks assuming they know better about C that its own authors?

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BigTTYGothGF  8 days ago

> And then we have a bunch of folks assuming they know better about C that its own authors?

Barthes aside, C's changed a lot in the years since they left.

  • pjmlp  8 days ago

    Yes they stopped caring after C89, Plan 9 C compiler was a mix of C89 with extensions.

    Still they are the authors, and withdrawing from WG14, going their own direction with Alef, Limbo, and finally Go, kind of proves the point they considered C done for its original purpose.