FFmpeg and a thousand fixes

Re:FFmpeg and a thousand fixes by pjmlp on Friday January 10, 2014 @03:06PM (#7039018)

Before C escaped UNIX, there used to be safer system programming languages like Modula-2, just to cite an example.

But Modula-2 had Lilith to offer, while C had UNIX.

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Re:FFmpeg and a thousand fixes by vinkelhake on Friday January 10, 2014 @03:28PM (#7039141)

There are other things to consider as well.

Compiler support across various platforms: are there compilers available and do they generate good code?

Mindshare: how big is the intersection of people who know the language and have the domain knowledge to contribute to the project?

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Re:FFmpeg and a thousand fixes by pjmlp on Friday January 10, 2014 @03:33PM (#7039177)

When C was UNIX only, the generated code quality also had a lot to be desired.

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Re:FFmpeg and a thousand fixes by vinkelhake on Friday January 10, 2014 @04:21PM (#7039505)

Sorry, I don't get what you're arguing here. Are you saying the C-compilers generated poor code when the FFmpeg project was started back in 2000? Are you arguing that if the FFmpeg project had used Modula-2, this would have sparked more work on Modula-2 compilers?

Or are you perhaps just wishing that history had taken a different turn?

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Re:FFmpeg and a thousand fixes by Crito on Friday January 10, 2014 @04:24PM (#7039527)

The initial release of FFmpeg was in 2000, well after that stage in C's life.

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