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To: OneWingedShark

Can’t quite get the knack of C programming? I get it....


47 posted on 05/07/2013 11:20:28 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Can’t quite get the knack of C programming? I get it....

I can hack it, it's just that ALL of my professional work has involved primarily maintenance -- therefore I absolutely loathe the "write-only nature"* of C-style languages (and RegExes, but that's another rant).

Moreover, I'm quire interested in systems-level programming (compilers and OSes especially) and rather disappointed to see how "the C mentality" has impacted these fields for the worse. (Take a look at re-hosting compilers, there's a surprising number that are dependent on C for no good reason other than the historical [i.e. it was originally implemented in C].)

* -- Meaning the philosophy that is only just not actively hostile towards maintenance.

49 posted on 05/07/2013 11:58:13 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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