Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: A Famous Security Bug
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:26:32 +0000
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 28
Message-ID: <utru2a$13ve6$1@dont-email.me>
References: <bug-20240320191736@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
 <20240320114218.151@kylheku.com>
 <20240321211306.779b21d126e122556c34a346@gmail.moc>
 <utkea9$31sr2$1@dont-email.me> <utktul$35ng8$1@dont-email.me>
 <utm06k$3glqc$1@dont-email.me> <utme8b$3jtip$1@dont-email.me>
 <utn1a0$3ogob$1@dont-email.me> <utnh5m$3sdhk$1@dont-email.me>
 <utpenn$dtnq$1@dont-email.me> <utq0gh$i9hm$1@dont-email.me>
 <87sf0fxsm0.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <utqbo0$kvt3$1@dont-email.me>
 <20240325023947.00006752@yahoo.com> <utqmip$na54$1@dont-email.me>
 <utrebt$102ht$2@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:26:34 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="89cda9b5b060c3bbdaaa3b408f28574f";
	logging-data="1179078"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+blXeoGw21g56BJbRFphSw35qwoOzQwJQ="
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:MAN5HLxplNw9Ohf5pqE+aFuYQEk=
In-Reply-To: <utrebt$102ht$2@dont-email.me>
Content-Language: en-GB
Bytes: 2651

On 25/03/2024 08:58, David Brown wrote:
> On 25/03/2024 03:12, bart wrote:
>> On 24/03/2024 23:39, Michael S wrote:
>>>
>>> As to tcc, mcc, lccwin etc... those only used by hobbyists.
>>
>> AFAIK lccwin can be used commercially.
> 
> "/Can/ be used commercially" does not imply "/is/ used professionally". 
> I'm sure there are some people who use it in their work, but I would 
> expect that in any statistics about compiler usage, it would be in the 
> "Others < 0.1%" category.
> 

lccwin is used to compile C functions with an interface which maes them 
callable from Matlab. Whilst I haven't written Matalb code commercially 
and it would be rare to do so, I have written Matlab ocdoe 
professionally, and that is quite common. I probably also made rather 
heavier use of the C interfaces than was really justified.

My Matlab File Exchange submissions are still going strong. But the gem, 
the faded bar chart, hasn't been valued, and hasn't attracted any stars. 
Matlab users, download and give some love.

-- 
Check out Basic Algorithms and my other books:
https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/bgy1mm