Changeset 455a7d5 for doc/papers/general


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Timestamp:
Aug 9, 2018, 6:35:02 PM (8 years ago)
Author:
Thierry Delisle <tdelisle@…>
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ADT, aaron-thesis, arm-eh, ast-experimental, cleanup-dtors, deferred_resn, demangler, enum, forall-pointer-decay, jacob/cs343-translation, jenkins-sandbox, master, new-ast, new-ast-unique-expr, no_list, persistent-indexer, pthread-emulation, qualifiedEnum, stuck-waitfor-destruct
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  • doc/papers/general/Paper.tex

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    203203The C programming language is a foundational technology for modern computing with millions of lines of code implementing everything from hobby projects to commercial operating-systems.
    204204This installation base and the programmers producing it represent a massive software-engineering investment spanning decades and likely to continue for decades more.
    205 Nevertheless, C, first standardized almost forty years ago, lacks many features that make programming in more modern languages safer and more productive.
     205Nevertheless, C, first standardized almost thirty years ago, lacks many features that make programming in more modern languages safer and more productive.
    206206
    207207The goal of the \CFA project (pronounced ``C-for-all'') is to create an extension of C that provides modern safety and productivity features while still ensuring strong backwards compatibility with C and its programmers.
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