Talk:C (programming language)

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Pointer values[edit]

Pass-by-reference is simulated in C by explicitly passing pointer values.

'Pointer values' is specifically ambiguous. Suggest 'addresses' instead. Also: 'pass-by-reference' seems new. The accepted terms are 'call by reference' and 'call by value' (with a third method unused but for Algol - 'call by name'). Also: it's not really 'simulated' either, is it? It's done.

Assuming incorrect use of print formatted in an example[edit]

Based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:C_(programming_language)/Archive_8#%22Hello,_world%22_example as referenced in the current page (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C_(programming_language)&diff=930286305&oldid=930286262) as:

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#include <stdio.h>    int main(void)  {      printf("hello, world\n");  }

Looks like wrong use of pritnf where

print formatted (printf) is designed to work with a provided format as referenced on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printf_format_string#Syntax meaning that the correct code should look like: 

#include <stdio.h>    int main(void)  {      printf("%s\n", "Hello world");  //         ^^^^^^ - Notice format string for printf used  }

This should be updated for all printf mensions in this article. --Kreyren (talk) 23:19, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

A printf format string need not have parameter format specifications. Adding them where not needed is distracting to the reader. --A D Monroe III(talk) 00:56, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

About the Hello World Example[edit]

I think that the hello world example should be like this: 

#include <stdio.h>  int main(){      printf("%s\n""Hello World!");      return 0;  }
That's incorrect too and will most likely result in a runtime crash.

—ThesenatorO5-2 (talk • contribs) 09:38, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

  • Hello world are examples of minimal standard-compliant code that perform the specific task of printing a message on the device's display/output. The code currently on the article is correct and requires no additional complications. Fbergo (talk) 15:53, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

As things stand right now, your second example will result in a compiler warning, won't it? You specifically indicate an 'int' return value but return nothing. That's anything but 'standard-conforming' as you call it.

Brian was brilliant at educating in that book. The way he told you something but also left off tidbits and crumbs for the lesson coming up.

The actual purpose of hello world is to get your environment up and running.

Cheers.

Source[edit]

In private conversation with Bjorn Sjostrup, he confirmed that previous compilers from other coders were considered as sources for good ideas, as was the norm for the time: we were building an industry, and the patent rights now claimed should be carefully examined as non-original work: bubble sorting and bitmapped fonts were part of this for sure, because I worked on them! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.51.50 (talk) 22:49, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

That's a start. You might be able to find a reliable source. Private conversations aren't that. TEDickey (talk) 22:56, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

TempleOS[edit]

I agree that the IP's effort (diff) to add HolyC (linked to TempleOS) to the infobox is WP:UNDUE. In fact I can't think of a DUE way of mentioning HolyC or TempleOS at this article but any long-term C coders (hi Guy Macon) might like to review the stunning achievement of TempleOS (it's crazy but a magnificent achievement with, for example, JIT-compiled HolyC as the shell language) and think about what articles could link to it. Johnuniq (talk) 00:10, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

(I am mostly an assembly-language programmer, but I can code in C if I have to.)
HolyC: not to be confused with Holy See. :)
It certainly does simplify things if the system's features are explicitly instructed to you by God...
You can run it in a virtual machine: [ https://eleni.mutantstargoat.com/hikiko/holy-days-temple-os ]
Rosetta Code has a category for programs written in HolyC: [ https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:HolyC ]
Alas, the one thing HolyC isn't is a variation of the C programming language. If you look at the description here:[1] you will see that it is a new programming language with some similarities to C. --Guy Macon (talk) 00:58, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the links. Johnuniq (talk) 01:40, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
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