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Subject: Re: Fun with C
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On Apr 20, 2:11=A0am, "J-P. Rosen" <ro...@adalog.fr> wrote:
> Le 17/04/2011 21:19, Elias Salom o Helou Neto a crit :
>
> > All reasonable men will try to learn the language before programming.
> > The mentioned behavior is the one C is supposed to have, whether you
> > like it or not. It one of the first thing I teach in my C classes:
> > type promotions in expression. They may be dumb, or may not, I will
> > not argue on that. But being reasonable is knowing the tool before
> > trying to use it.
>
> I really wonder why there are barriers on balconies. All reasonable
> people know that being too close to the edge of the balcony is dangerous.

What about kids? C is not out there to be used by kids, as barriers on
balconies are mostly because of that. Furthermore, there are always
those who have acrophobia..

> Here is a quote from one of the first books on C, written by K&R:
> "C was designed under the assumption that the programmer is someone
> reasonable who knows what he is doing".
>
> Here is a quote from the introduction to the Ada LRM:
> "Ada was designed with consideration for programming as a human activity"
>
> I let as a philosophy homework that these two starting point led to
> completely different languages.

Interestingly, just like I said, C "pretends" people are reasonable,
while Ada does not. The second approach is far nearer the truth, as we
all can see.