Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 18:12, Paul M Foster wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:11:08AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
[snip]
> in C++. I spent far more time in design, and far more time debugging
> than I ever had in C. So I went back to C. Now my C code looks like
<SARCASM>
Aghhhhhh!!! He spent lot's of time designing software!!!!!!! Run,
hide!!!! The world is coming to an end!!!!!!!!!!!!
</SARCASM>
Seriously, though, OO languages, being born of academia, were designed
*not* to be quick-'n-dirty languages. They were designed with
large projects in mind (the whole Software Design Life Cycle bit).
If you want a (IMHO) good mix between QnD and OO, try Python. It
is totally comfortable with procedural coding and OO coding.
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