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"Programming in C is a premature optimization"
- tlrobinson 19y agoThat's a pretty ridiculous statement. First of all, I happen to like C for certain types of problems. Second, porting a large program from one language to another is not a trivial "optimization", so if you suspect a problem may need the speed, it's probably wise to use a suitable language in the first place.
- cstejerean 19y agoI agree with you in principle, but most languages let you interface with C programs so you can often rewrite speed sensitive parts of an application in C and integrate it with the rest of your application.
- lst 19y agoC is only for drivers. All other tasks are better done in some other language (even Fortran for heavy numerical computation).
- akkartik 19y agoStronger: http://scrapbook.akkartik.name/post/16834044 http://scrapbook.akkartik.name/post/16834044