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Articles like this make me grind my teeth. I know I should have more self restraint, and I can forgive/concede a few points made in this article. Generally th
by jat850 15y ago
Articles like this make me grind my teeth. I know I should have more self restraint, and I can forgive/concede a few points made in this article. Generally though it's just a major rehash of old news. I was not surprised to find that the author is a relatively inexperienced college student.
Glib eliminates a good chunk of the complaints outlined here. Some of it is simply coder responsibility. (Array bounds checking, memory management - should be problems handled with good code review and maybe the help of some 3rd party tools.)
But the last line of the article was what just pushed me over the edge. "Ruby/Python inspired syntax."
So really, the author would just prefer to code in Ruby or Python.
- jamesmiller5 15y agoSo true, the real issue I think the author is trying to bring up, is that C might not be the right tool for every job. I agree, but personally C is the most fun to use.
- whackedspinach 15y agoSuggesting that a cleaner/simpler syntax should be used doesn't mean he wants to code in Ruby/Python. They have plenty of their own flaws. He just admires their syntax since it is very readable.