From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1696ae,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid1696ae,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: seebs@solutions.solon.com (Peter Seebach) Subject: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal? Date: 1996/07/19 Message-ID: <4spkdm$faa@solutions.solon.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 168956381 references: <4sf9e7$kl7@news.jump.net> <4sm83e$jkg@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <4spj1f$prf@news.pacifier.com> organization: Usenet Fact Police (Undercover) reply-to: seebs@solon.com newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.dos.programmer,comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-07-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <4spj1f$prf@news.pacifier.com>, Steve Doiel wrote: >In 'C' I find that programmers talk about the types "integer", and "double". >In Pascal I find that programmers talk about "inches" and "liters". I object to this generalization. This is true of inexperienced programmers in many languages. It may be true of more C programmers, but then, there are an awful lot of C programmers from which to select the worst. :) However, it's not the C language that predisposes people to think in terms of implementation rather than interface; rather, such people are likely to drift towards C, because it allows them to work in this domain, and even makes it tolerably easy. I don't think it's fair or appropriate to blame C for the vast population of idiots who get involved with it. It's an excellent language in some ways, which led to its eventual success in some fields, which led to a lot of utter morons trying to use it, or write books about it. This doesn't mean it can't be used well; although C doesn't always help you write good code, it certainly doesn't prevent you from doing so. -s -- Peter Seebach - seebs@solon.com - Copyright 1996 - http://www.solon.com/~seebs Unix/C Wizard - send mail for help, or send money for consulting! The *other* C FAQ, the hacker FAQ, et al. See web page above. Unsolicited email (junk mail and ads) is unwelcome, and will be billed for.