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- From: fischthal@lfs.loral.com (Scott Fischthal)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
- Subject: Re: Beware of "C" Hackers -- A rebuttal to Bertrand Meyer
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 16:08:15 GMT
- Organization: Loral Federal Systems
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- In <4i862r$1evq@saba.info.ucla.edu>, jmartin@cs.ucla.edu (Jay Martin) writes:
- >with an Eiffel programmer, but given an Eiffel programmer spouting
- >high level design and implementation concepts and a C programmer who
- >says "I use pointer arithmetic cuz it may be faster, I don't trust no
- >compilers" and "I write terse code all on my line cuz its cool like
- >mathematics and gee, I is a mathematical genius or something",
- >the Eiffel programmer is basically going to get the job.
-
- Gee, this is a fair comparison. I've never met any professional C programmers
- with that attitude, but hey, why be honest when you're making a point?
-
- >
- >In my book, to be a competent software engineer you must must also be
- >an very knowledgable at computer language design and also compiler
- >optimization. Its common knowledge that C is poorly designed and
- >thus rabid worshipers of C are not too swift.
-
- Again, this is ludicrous. Your blanket condemnation of C programmers shows
- that you really have no interest in a constructive conversation. What we have
- here is a simple, boring bit of flamebait.
-
- Scott Fischthal
- Artificial Intelligence Technology Center
- Loral Federal Systems Group
- Gaithersburg, MD
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