Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

[Gregory Seidman <gss+debuser@cs.brown.edu>]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 02:27:50PM +0200, Elie De Brauwer wrote:
[...]
} I agree, but when it comes to documentation c is the absolute top. man
} strchr, man strlen, man strcmp, man sin, man cos it's all in the manuals
} but try do get a description from some of the functions from the C++ STL
} out of the manpage. It is hardly possible to code C++ and use the
} features (vector, list, queue and more of those prety things) without
} buying some dead trees. 
}
} C is perfectly commented in the manpages, php has php.net, java has the
} api documentation, perl has perldoc and c++ has /dev/null (i know the
} first remark is that all c functions that are commented are part of of
} c++ and you have a piece).

The only reason you can't find documentation for C++ libraries is because
you haven't looked. Stop spreading misinformation and STFW. Explore the
URLs below.

http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/
http://www.dinkumware.com/refxcpp.html

While I did voluntarily purchase one dead tree book on C++ (I have others,
but they were either free or required for a class, and I haven't found any
of them useful), I also voluntarily purchased one dead tree book on C (and
have others that were free and minimally useful). I have found both books
useful through the years, but rarely refer to either now that I have gained
sufficient expertise with the languages, not to mention the convenience of
the aforementioned websites.

--Greg