Successful Programming
When
we write programs in C they are ...
Efficient --
programs run fast, especially if we use performance as a goal
traverse
arrays in row major order to improve caching
Economical --
use resources well
represent
data by packing memory
Portable -- run
well on any computer with C compiler
all
computers are universal, but with C fast programs are fast
everywhere
Easy to write
-- we know many good techniques
reference
data, dont copy
These qualities all derive from von
Neumman model