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- From: Tom Wheeley <tomw@tsys.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Interest in comments on the C language.
- Date: Fri, 22 Mar 96 10:13:57 GMT
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- In article <4inp40$kj2@ogre.cs.waikato.ac.nz>
- orj@cs.waikato.ac.nz "Oliver R Jones" writes:
-
- > Hiya all. Copies of replies to email please.
-
- methinks that that implies you are not reading the newsgroup.
-
- > I'm interested in peoples comments on the following aspects of the C
- > programming language. Please be as objective as you can.. :) I know that's
- > hard in a C advocacy group. :)
- >
- > 1: Is C inheriantly efficient (speed and code space wise)?
-
- That is not really a valid question, and depends entirely on the competence
- of the compiler. It could be said that more effort is put into optimising
- C compilers, however.
-
- What C is, as compared to say, Pascal, is efficient in _source_ code size.
- However, this inbuilt complexity in the code makes compilation slower.
-
- > 2: Is C inheriantly very readable and writable? (Easy to code in and for non
- > coders to read)
-
- It is not very intelligible for `outsiders' to read. However, when you are
- used to the syntax, precendence and idioms, you get used to it.
-
- > 3: Is C a very simple language?
-
- Well, it depends on what you mean by `simple'! I suppose that C is in fact
- based on a few simple rules governing expressions, statements etc, however,
- in these small components lies a large amount of _flexibility_
-
- > 4: Is it consistant with accepted mathematical notations?
-
- Err
-
- > 5: Why was C designed and for what purpose?
-
- To write unix, iirc. I expect the answer will be found in K&R or any number
- of C books which put a little biography in for the first chapter.
-
- > Yeah this sounds like homework and it is. But you can help me out eh... ;)
-
- Hmmmmm, I could have lied, you know...
-
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