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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Brown Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Hex string literals (was Re: C23 thoughts and opinions) Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:40:01 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <87msoh5uh6.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87y18047jk.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87msoe1xxo.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87ikz11osy.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87plt8yxgn.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87cyp6zsen.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <874jahznzt.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87v82b43h6.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87iky830v7.fsf_-_@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87cyof14rd.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 13:40:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d08728cd4b52ab3db8102622684208f6"; logging-data="3935160"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18EHHvwVJp5r3gV/FP1U4+lmd8Porj8/7E=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:IWOiaiUb2wz/KVcyktcGpeUIRag= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 2941 On 22/06/2024 00:48, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:06:14 +0200, David Brown wrote: > >> - in the language that is most relevant for cooperation with C. > > Not sure why C++ is relevant to C at all, since C++ does pretty much > everything that C does (if a bit differently) and more, which renders C > essentially obsolete in that scenario. > Have you actually worked with any C++ programs? Have you ever included a C header in your C++ code? Fortunately, the C and C++ standards committees both know more about the importance of consistency than you do. > Where the usage of C would be more relevant is as an implementation > language for CPU-intensive “engine” code meant to be callable from higher- > level languages. For example, extension modules for Python. Being able to > interoperate with such languages would be more of a benefit. I wonder why nobody ever thought of that before you suggested it!