Re: OT: Learning programming languages
- Posted by CChris <christian.cuvier at agriculture.gouv.fr> Apr 17, 2007
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Gary Shingles wrote: > > Jules Davy wrote: > > > > > 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. > > > > personally I'm not a big fan of C, but Irv, how can you say this when > > Unix/Linux > > is written in it? > > My dad always used to say: "It's a poor workman who blames his tools" > Which I believe is a common saying > > Gary This is quite true. However, it's also a poor workman who doesn't try to increase amount, quality and efficiency of his/her work. And this goes through updating his toolbox and his ability to use what's inside it. You can do almost everything in Eu. But, too often, in an error prone, time consuming way. Hence, some changes/additions are needed, not because you absolutely can't do without them, but because you get software developed in less time with less many bugs. This is even more important when so many users develop in their spare time. CChris