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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5d71,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5d71,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,7a278735334db126 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-02-06 00:38:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!news.eunet.no!uio.no!newsfeed1.funet.fi!newsfeeds.funet.fi!news.cc.tut.fi!news.helsinki.fi!not-for-mail From: Joona I Palaste Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.java,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping language Date: 6 Feb 2004 08:38:43 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: sirppi.helsinki.fi X-Trace: oravannahka.helsinki.fi 1076056723 4587 128.214.205.27 (6 Feb 2004 08:38:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@helsinki.fi NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Feb 2004 08:38:43 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.2-20000205 ("Possession") (UNIX) (OSF1/V4.0 (alpha)) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.c++:17816 comp.lang.c:20582 comp.lang.java:2699 comp.lang.ada:5274 Date: 2004-02-06T08:38:43+00:00 List-Id: Richard Heathfield scribbled the following on comp.lang.c: > Larry Hazel wrote: >> Christopher Benson-Manica wrote: >>> >>> When I need a language that's easy to use and readable, I turn >>> directly to C. Don't let me stop you, though. >> >> C? Easy to read? You have got to be kidding. > Compared to the other languages in this crosspost? Damn right it's easy to > read! :-) > I mean yes, okay, I know what you mean. Any sufficiently advanced IOCCC > entry is indistinguishable from line noise. But not /all/ C programs are > IOCCC entries! I find C harder to read than Java, and easier to read than C++. I don't know about Ada, as I've never seen it. But C and C++ are a breeze compared to the likes of Perl, Python and Lisp. They look like C looked while I was still a BASIC programmer: a random jumble of punctuation marks. -- /-- Joona Palaste (palaste@cc.helsinki.fi) ------------- Finland --------\ \-- http://www.helsinki.fi/~palaste --------------------- rules! --------/ "Nothing lasts forever - so why not destroy it now?" - Quake