Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:55, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 04:06, Alfredo Valles wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 August 2003 3:59 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 07:15, Peter Hugosson-Miller wrote:
> > > > Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:11:08AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > I think we're stuck with C and C++, so why not try to use them as
> > > > well as possible, and choose the one you really need depending on
> > > > what you want to do...
> > >
> > > Python!!!!!!!!!! Object oriented, and methods that need speed are
> > > wrapped around C.
> >
> > And very very slow too, like any other script language.
>
> One thing I learned a *long* time ago is that even an 80286 is faster
> than people typing, reading the screen, moving the mouse, getting a
> cup of coffee, etc.
If you are using some graphical interface it just isn't faster at all. Dos
based programs were though, we had to get into Pentiums before Windows
proggies were up to what we had on the 286.
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