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>If you're a programmer, and you don't know C, you're not good at your craft. Even as someone myself who knows (more or less) C, this is quite an elitist state
by ue_ 10y ago
>If you're a programmer, and you don't know C, you're not good at your craft.
Even as someone myself who knows (more or less) C, this is quite an elitist statement, and doesn't do justice to say, Lisp and people who use functional languages. The goal of programming isn't necessarily efficiency.
- overgard 10y agoHow is expecting competency elitist? Theres plenty of free resources to learn C. I learned C when I was 14. Im not trying to claim low level knowledge of the machine is inherently better than high level knowlege. What I am claiming is you need both and knowing how this stuff works isnt a charming novelty reserved for the curious