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> I'm uncomfortable imagining my grandchildren learning C's weird quirks What about them learning English's even weirder quirks? Does that make you uncomforta
by enriquto 6y ago
> I'm uncomfortable imagining my grandchildren learning C's weird quirks
What about them learning English's even weirder quirks? Does that make you uncomfortable as well?
I have come to the point that I sort of accept C's quirks, and, with the appropriate mindset, I can even love them. I certainly see myself as an old man teaching these arcane quirks to a young and innocent audience.
- carlmr 6y agoAlso COBOL is still around and most people don't need to learn it anymore.
- enriquto 6y agoMost people don't need to learn C either; or any programming language, for that matter.
- carlmr 6y agoSure but I think programmers is an implicit assumption here when talking about which programming languages to learn. We don't need to start splitting hairs here. And COBOL is extremely niche, while C is still quite common and useful to know.