First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.
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In the short term, say 10 years, many such standards will be industry standards rather than formal ISO or IEEE standards, but it is essential for the software industry's health that key interfaces be well-specified and publicly available.Bjarne Stroustrup
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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Consequently, a general-purpose programming language should support a variety of ways of thinking and a variety of programming styles.
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After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either.
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Real improvements in compilers are relatively cheap compared to what is spent on a new release of a complete C implementation.
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I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining.
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