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On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:38:52 -0500 |
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Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@×××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> ... programs |
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> having been written in the wrong languages to start with. (I mean, |
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> where buffer overruns come from isn’t hard to figure out. They come |
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> from using C and C++ to write the code.) |
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Wrong language? I won't even touch this. If I did, it would likely |
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escalate to a savage exchange on the philosophy of programming. |
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Since I "cut my teeth" on assembly language, I have an undying fondness |
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for C. Yet the universal trend is to leave the actual machine behind |
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and embrace the lofty abstractions of object oriented languages. |
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Indeed, a good deal of computing power today is used to support the massive |
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layers of abstraction that obliterate a sense of hardware and make life |
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easy for the programmer. |
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But I've said enough already. |
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Frank Peters |
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