Re: OT: Learning programming languages
John wrote:
> Well, I've built almost an entire house using hand-tools,> by myself. Yes,
> really; it's timber frame. I reckon I can
> do a lot of things using hand tools. Some people can't use a
> hand plane, but I can. But now I also have a power plane.
> I can use both. Should I have campaigned against
> power tools because you can do practically everything
> with hand tools? Plainly, someone unable to handle
> hand tools is rubbish; my goodness, for most of
> history it was all there was, must be all you need ;)
Well, I'm pretty sure I've built at least 12 more houses
than you have, so let's continue with that analogy:
If a workman showed up with a dull, bent handsaw and twisted,
termite-infested lumber to build one of MY houses, he would
be fired on the spot - no matter how "adequate" he insisted
those tools might be, or how they had been used by carpenters
since the Middle Ages.
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As for C fulfilling its purpose almost flawlessly,
I might agree, if that purpose is to make it dead simple to
compromise the security of nearly every computer on earth, while
at the same time making the honest programmer's job much more difficult.
All of Windows' many flaws aren't there because Mr. Gates
can't afford to hire good programmers, they're mostly there because
of the antiquated and poorly-designed programming language they're using.
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