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Re: OT: Why is C so popular?



On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 14:32, Ron Johnson wrote:
> Give me a better reason, like "I need to touch the hardware", or
> "the scripting language I use only allows binary extensions to be
> written in C".

Very true, i use C for embedded work because i need direct control over the 
hardware, and being able to see the exact asm code generated and tweak when 
necessary is a huge bonus in this situation. However, if I'm writing 
something that isn't either performance critical or very low level platform 
specific code, i would always use either Java or Python (others will have 
their preferences here - i hear great things about ruby for instance), Ive 
even been known to prototype certain code in Haskell when that language seems 
appropriate.

Tom

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