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> So, I don't disbelieve you but I've known 20 year C experts have their WTF moments when shown code that would seem to work but doesn't. If after 20 years the

> So, I don't disbelieve you but I've known 20 year C experts have their WTF moments when shown code that would seem to work but doesn't. If after 20 years they don't know the C spec well enough to know if a piece of code should work or not, I simply wouldn't consider them very good programmers.

emmelaich 10y ago
Hrrm. If Jon Bentley can have a bug in his Programming Pearl book then so can anyone. https://research.googleblog.com/2006/06/extra-extra-read-all-about-it-nearly.html https://research.googleblog.com/2006/06/extra-extra-read-all...
- thegeekpirate 10y ago
  I never said they wouldn't create bugs, but not fully understanding a line of code (outside of needing to conceptualize external dependencies) is certainly frightening after 20 years of working in C.
  - ktRolster 10y ago
    What it shows is that sort of code never shows up in practical C. There's stuff in Java (and Javascript for that matter) I don't understand, and I've been programming in those for about as long as anybody.
    - thegeekpirate 10y ago
      Absolutely.