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"Larry Hazel" <lhhazel@otelco.net> 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.

C to a C[++] programmer is no more difficult than Chinese to
an educated Chinese person.  I, on the other hand have no
idea how to read Chinese.  But I don't exclaim "you've got
to be kidding" when somebody says that Chinese is possible
to read.