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What are some other benefits of C or Java over something like Ruby and Python?

• scott_s 17y ago
  The level of abstraction matches most hardware. Not all code written in C is performance-critical. But sometimes it's still the best choice if your code is directly talking to hardware.
  • jshen 17y ago
    In that case wouldn't you write some components in C and glue it all together with something like ruby?
    • scott_s 17y ago
      Sure, that sounds reasonable. But you've still chosen C to talk to the hardware.
      • jshen 17y ago
        If you're using ruby or python you're ultimately using C anyway, right ;)