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- From: "Mr. Wizard" <madscientist@dark.mountain.stronghold>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,rec.games.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.programming
- Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
- Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 23:41:15 -0600
- Organization: alt.destroy.the.earth
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- Mat Noguchi wrote:
- >
- > The reason people use C/C++ is because it allows a grand abstraction of
- > programming which Pascal, due to its inherent design, will not allow the
- > programmer to do. Unlike Pascal, C/C++ compilers usually assume a
- > programmer is intelligent enough to capture most bugs in a program, which
- > is a good reason for loose syntax. Besides which, if you have so much
- > trouble with C/C++, is that a failing of the language, or your programming
- > skills?
- >
- > MSN
-
- Yes, but you can't deny that some languages are easier to use for
- different people- thereby allowing them to write better programs
- instead of worrying about the language they're writing in.
-
- The point is: there is no perfect programming language.
- use what works for you best.
-
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- `When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at
- you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*".'
- (By Linus Torvalds)
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- Why use Windows, since there is a door?
- (By fachat@galileo.rhein-neckar.de, Andre Fachat)
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