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> Here's a pro tip from a seasoned veteran of web development: if you want to do something really remarkable on a computer, you don't write it in HTML. You writ
by badman_ting 13y ago
> Here's a pro tip from a seasoned veteran of web development: if you want to do something really remarkable on a computer, you don't write it in HTML. You write it in C.
WTF?
- smtddr 13y agoI stopped reading right there. I don't know if this is satire or not, or what...
- MagicWishMonkey 13y agoI guess that would explain why the site looks like garbage.
- Supermighty 13y agoWhat if you wrote it in C but it outputs HTML?
- BrandonY 13y agoThere's a hot new technology for accomplishing this called the Common Gateway Interface. Apache has an experimental new module that supports this, but I'd wait to see if this mod_cgi thing sticks around for a while before relying on it.
- gcr 13y agoWhy do you disagree with the author?
- Kluny 13y agoYou crunch data on the backend in C. Output the results in HTML. Sounds good to me. We all use PHP, Ruby, or Python for the back end. I see nothing wrong with using C if you're good at it - well written C is faster.