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Yeah, but is it because people actually like the syntax? Some languages seem to be attractive to people right from the start, like Python. Some take a while to
by another-cuppa 8y ago
Yeah, but is it because people actually like the syntax? Some languages seem to be attractive to people right from the start, like Python. Some take a while to grow on you but then you realise their brilliance and don't want anything else, like Lisp. C isn't either of those.
- dummyfunnytoo 8y agoFWIW, I've disliked the look of Python from the first time I saw it and loved Lisp-like syntax immediately. Can agree on C though.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI don't know about that. I grokked C's syntax immediately, just from reading K&R, without actually having a compiler to try anything on. It just made sense to me. I suspect (but cannot prove) that certain languages and/or programming styles make more sense for certain people, and others do so for other people. (There also is almost certainly some bias toward familiarity.)
- renox 8y agoReally? Python's syntax looks clean at first OK then later I realized that it has no variable declaration (and old memories of time lost in BASIC due to spelling errors start coming back), no static typing, is slow and isn't particularly multicore friendly .. uhm how about using Go instead? (No I don't know Go but I'm quite sure I can learn it without too much difficulties)