4 Dec
2014
4 Dec
'14
9:23 a.m.
I'm not sure why some people insist on bashing C because it can be
misused/abused. C is a tool for when you need to touch the metal. It's
just not what anyone should use to write applications. You don't do finish
carpentry with a chainsaw, and you don't cut down trees with a keyhole
saw. Yet there are people who craft wood sculptures with a chainsaw... and
you can write applications in C. But chainsaws and C are more unforgiving
of ignorance than hand saws and Python.
And Go looks like nothing more than Emerald rebaked. See,
http://www.emeraldprogramminglanguage.org/. -- Ian
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:06 AM, ben <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
On 12/3/2014 1:30 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
C is a chainsaw that is not supplied with any of the safety features of
--
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School
University of Washington
An optimist sees a glass half full. A pessimist sees it half empty. An
engineer sees it twice as large as it needs to be.
a normal chainsaw. It is a chainsaw that would
be unlawful to
sell in the US.
More like the old chainsaw joke.
man: this chain saw don't cut trees.
sales man: BRUMMMMMMMMM - did you read the manual?