In a message dated 03/09/2000 3:19:11 PM Eastern
Standard Time,
Hans.Franke(a)mch20.sbs.de writes:
I wouldn't consider C as anything
'grown'. maybe evolved in the
sense of degeneration.
Hey, Hans, I don't get this. C is the most versatile, flexible, and portable
language ever devised. It permits complete control of hardware while at the
same time allowing elegance in program design and structure.
The key word here is "allowing" not requiring. The obfuscated C code
contest kind of invented itself.