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- Subject: Re: PROGRAMERS OF ANY LANGUAGE
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 12:56:01 -0700
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- In article <NEWTNews.829163982.8235.roy@Dial-in.mersinet.co.uk>,
- <roy@mersinet.co.uk> wrote:
- >What a narrow minded attitude! Sure, assembler is *great* fun and you
- >have total control over what happens within your code but each other
- >language has its own merits too.
- >I have written countless very useful system programs for Netware using
- >Borlands Turbo Pascal which, with its inline assembler, provides an
- >environment in which solid reliable code can be built extremely rapidly.
- >The speed at which you can put a project together is often a key
- >factor in the "Real World".
-
- Also TeX and related programs were written by Don Knuth in Pascal. (Actually in
- an environment called Web that combines program code and documentation).
-
- Pascal-like lexical conventions and syntax are a lot better for writing
- pseudo-code. In a paper I'm working on, I'm using a Pascal-like language to
- illustrate concepts, typesetting according to the suggestions given in the
- TeXbook.
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- >'C' is (to me at least) a far more elegant code, but is also a lot
- >more cryptic and harder to read. Try getting to grips with someone
- >elses C code! Again, having to rework someone else's code is often
- >a common occurence in the "Real World".
- >
- >Don't just slam a language cos you don't like the way it looks.
- >
- >With nearly 20 years in the business, I don't have any one 'favourite'
- >language - it depends what job I'm doing. At the moment, I'm working
- >under unix all the time and find Perl to be amazing. It's a long time
- >since a language got me excited - but Perl has :)
- >
- >Roy.
- >
- >
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