On: FFmpeg and a thousand fixes

[vinkelhake]

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?

[pjmlp → vinkelhake]

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

[vinkelhake → pjmlp]

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?

[Crito → pjmlp]

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