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On 24 August 2005 18:34, A. Khattri wrote: |
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> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Markus [utf-8] Döbele wrote: |
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> > The code I think is not the problem. But I think it is still a lot of |
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> > work. By the way I don't like C too much (we had a C Version once and |
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> > only encountered problems all the time :-( Buffer overflows and all this |
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> > nice stuff is a big problem of this language!) |
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> You mean it requires understanding pointers and attention to detail? |
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> Yes it does. |
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> An assembly programmer should find C easy (well I did anyway). |
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> > I started as a Assembler Programmer on the Atari ST (68000 Rulez!!!) |
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> I started on the 6502, then 68000 then 8086... |
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Donning my asbestos suit. Cannot resist the flamebait any more. I did |
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assembler for 6502, Z80, 8085,... I am talking about real-world, commercial |
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software with several MB of assembler source. Like software for driverless |
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vehicles buzzing around in real plants among real workers. |
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That said, once man made fire by twisting a little twig between hands while |
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pressing it to some other wood. I prefer matches or a lighter. Even when in |
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the bush, I prefer some fire starters I can buy. Man (actually Woman in most |
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cases) once carried water in calabashes on their heads for miles on end. I |
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prefer pumps and pipes and taps. Programmers once punched their code and |
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their data into punchcards, handed them in to the data centre and hoped all |
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would go well. I prefer editors, IDEs, compilers and linkers. ;-) |
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Folks, we have got computing power on our desks that equals that of a medium |
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sized data centre 10 years ago. Of course, I want the bloody computer and its |
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tools to do all the sidetracking little tasks and concentrate myself on |
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algorithms and data structures and user interfaces. |
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If I could find enough buddies and peers I would do most of my stuff in |
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languages like smalltalk that take care of freeing memory, collecting garbage |
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and such. Again: That said, I still use C/C++ for most of my stuff. |
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In short: Don't scuff someone who tries to avoid the pitfalls of C/C++ by |
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using a language that does all those little things for them. Sure, I wouldn't |
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use any dialect of basic but that is another issue. |
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Uwe |
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(hiding behind his desk) |
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95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software |
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developers. - Linus Torvalds |
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