4 Dec
2014
4 Dec
'14
2:54 a.m.
On 2014-12-04 05:05, Josh Dersch wrote:
No. You read too much into it. In my opinion, there is no one language
that is the universal solution, for any one person. It depends on the
situation. Sometimes, C is a good tool for the job, if you are good at
it. Sometimes it is not, even if you are good at it.
But since I added "if you are good at it", it also implies that the same
problem might call for different tools also based on your skills.
Johnny
On 12/3/2014 6:45 PM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have a hard time giving specific examples out of thin air. But I
certainly have been in situations where I have been writing code just to
get around the compiler to just do what I want, which I knew
conceptually would be very simple, but the language don't give me an
easy way to do it.
40 years ago would never dream of doing since
they would be thinking
of how this translates into machine code much more.
So in the end, with people getting less proper education, a stricter
language is our only hope. But for people who are good at
programming, the obstacles of stricter languages becomes annoying and
reduces productivity, for much less gain.
I've not found this to be true in my experience -- what "obstacles" are
you speaking of? In the end, no
one size fits all.
Agreed, but not for the reason you use above; if I'm reading your
statement right your sizes are: "C: for people who are good at
programming" and "stricter languages: for people who need help." No one
size fits all in that some languages are suitable for certain tasks, and
some are more suitable for others. The discussion here is mainly that C
is applied in many areas where it is not the best choice.