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Saying "just pick the right tool" is a worthless statement when the question is the difficulty of doing that. Would you enter a discussion about curing cancer o
by anon1385 11y ago
Saying "just pick the right tool" is a worthless statement when the question is the difficulty of doing that. Would you enter a discussion about curing cancer or depression and announce "just pick the right cure for the disease" and then get upset when people don't agree with you?
- EliRivers 11y agoNow I can understand your argument. I upvoted you because I like to encourage clarity. This sounds patronising but that's the limitations of a text interface for you. I think you're arguing that sometimes it's difficult to work out what the right tool is for the job. That's true, and not what I'm talking about. I'm saying that the principle of selecting the right tool for the job is sound, and that sometimes C is the right tool for the job and should be selected.
- anon1385 11y agoThe chain of discussion: >Because [C] is simple >Again, if people can't agree what type to use for integers, then it's not "simple". >Pick the integer type that is best suited for your use, given your circumstances. It had nothing to do with deciding to pick C. It was about the difficulty of picking integer types in C being a demonstration of how C isn't simple. That doesn't mean C isn't sometimes the right tool for the job. It does mean that C isn't simple.