Java has borrowed much from C, but not as much as is often claimed and not with as much taste and understanding as one could have wished for.
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This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.Bjarne Stroustrup
My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities.
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I also hope that C implementation vendors will spend a slightly larger fraction of their budgets on improving the quality and performance of their compilers rather than concentrating too heavily on novelties.
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Using the standard library can and should revolutionize the way C is taught. It is now possible to learn C as a higher level language.
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People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
Bjarne Stroustrup
Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.
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