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I agree with the verbosity. But many of those in the demographic that would do away with C belong more to the current pop-culture of "coding!!1" instead of the
by exikyut 9y ago
I agree with the verbosity. But many of those in the demographic that would do away with C belong more to the current pop-culture of "coding!!1" instead of the carefully-considered, patiently-implemented ancient art of engineering.
The pop-culture "coding" collective as a whole is not generally known for its appreciation of terse explanations. I will admit that it does favor immediate gratification, though; there is that.
Ideally, this would do the rounds with different people excerpting different bits of it. That would spark many little conversations over time, and contribute to keeping the discussion going. That would be nice.
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- mhink 9y agoPersonally, I appreciated how the author spent a decent amount of time "unpacking" what he meant- for instance, the "To manage or to mediate" section. Terseness is only useful when you already have a shared protocol for understanding the message and a guarantee that it won't be garbled along the way. On the other hand, if you're trying to communicate to folks without that shared protocol (in this case, to people who aren't familiar with/haven't spent much time using C as a primary language) it's kinda necessary to go a little further to get the point across. > Ideally, this would do the rounds with different people excerpting different bits of it. That would spark many little conversations over time, and contribute to keeping the discussion going. That would be nice. Absolutely agree.