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>> C, seriously? C??!? For those, like myself, that like C and do systems programming. Really never understood why people dislike or fear C so much. It is the
by brianobush 14y ago
>> C, seriously? C??!?
For those, like myself, that like C and do systems programming. Really never understood why people dislike or fear C so much. It is the foundation for so many systems and libraries.
- kbronson 14y agoIt's the fear of the unfathomable for them.
- jessemc 14y agoThe main problem people have with C syntax is that it's 'old' and 'old' things are bad because new things are better. We're an industry built on fashions. Largely the outcome of the massive success programmers can have without any formal education and so just get by knowing the "best" way to do things instead of understanding why.
- numeromancer 14y agoThere are two kinds of fools: the first kind says “it is old, and therefore it is good”; the second kind says “it is new, and therefore it is better.”