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Sometimes even programming should be allowed to be a bit of fun :-) |
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And the users profit of it too, because my programs there never hangs |
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themselves up! |
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In the C Version we could always game as far as somebody found the bug. The |
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mightiest monster in the Labyrinth :-)))))) |
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Am Mittwoch, 24. August 2005 21:11 schrieb Uwe Thiem: |
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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 |
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> > > this nice stuff is a big problem of this language!) |
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> > |
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> > You mean it requires understanding pointers and attention to detail? |
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> > |
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> > Yes it does. |
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> > |
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> > An assembly programmer should find C easy (well I did anyway). |
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> > |
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> > > I started as a Assembler Programmer on the Atari ST (68000 Rulez!!!) |
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> > |
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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 |
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> most cases) once carried water in calabashes on their heads for miles on |
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> end. I prefer pumps and pipes and taps. Programmers once punched their code |
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> and their data into punchcards, handed them in to the data centre and hoped |
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> all 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 |
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> medium sized data centre 10 years ago. Of course, I want the bloody |
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> computer and its tools to do all the sidetracking little tasks and |
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> concentrate myself on algorithms and data structures and user interfaces. |
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> |
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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 |
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> garbage 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 |
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> wouldn't 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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> -- |
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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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> http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) |
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