4 Dec
2014
4 Dec
'14
3:25 p.m.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Ian S. King <isking at uw.edu> wrote:
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.
That's exactly the point. C (and C++) are widely used where they are
inappropriate.
Also C does not have any monopoly on being able to "touch the bare
metal", nor is strong typing necessarily an impediment to doing so.
Ada, despite being a "bondage and discipine" language, actually had as
one of its design requirements the ability to deal with bare metal.