Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 09:17, Dave Howorth wrote:
> >>> Unfortunately, nowadays "s/C /Perl /".
> >>Wouldn't it be easier to read if you wrote it s/C/Perl/ ?
> > So that it wouldn't change Choo-choo to Perlhoo-choo.
>
> When I saw the question, I thought the obvious counter-example was so
> that it doesn't change C# to Perl# :)
>
> Now that's a frightening thought. Just what would Perl# be like?
>
> Cheers, Dave
>
> PS I'm a Luddite that refuses to learn C++. Backward compatibility with
> C was the single biggest mistake Stroustrup made.
Gee, I thought I was a Luddite for not wanting my kids to start
playing computer games when they turned 3.
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