On 24 August 2005 18:34, A. Khattri wrote: > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Markus [utf-8] Döbele wrote: > > The code I think is not the problem. But I think it is still a lot of > > work. By the way I don't like C too much (we had a C Version once and > > only encountered problems all the time :-( Buffer overflows and all this > > nice stuff is a big problem of this language!) > > You mean it requires understanding pointers and attention to detail? > > Yes it does. > > An assembly programmer should find C easy (well I did anyway). > > > I started as a Assembler Programmer on the Atari ST (68000 Rulez!!!) > > I started on the 6502, then 68000 then 8086...
Donning my asbestos suit. Cannot resist the flamebait any more. I did assembler for 6502, Z80, 8085,... I am talking about real-world, commercial software with several MB of assembler source. Like software for driverless vehicles buzzing around in real plants among real workers. That said, once man made fire by twisting a little twig between hands while pressing it to some other wood. I prefer matches or a lighter. Even when in the bush, I prefer some fire starters I can buy. Man (actually Woman in most cases) once carried water in calabashes on their heads for miles on end. I prefer pumps and pipes and taps. Programmers once punched their code and their data into punchcards, handed them in to the data centre and hoped all would go well. I prefer editors, IDEs, compilers and linkers. ;-) Folks, we have got computing power on our desks that equals that of a medium sized data centre 10 years ago. Of course, I want the bloody computer and its tools to do all the sidetracking little tasks and concentrate myself on algorithms and data structures and user interfaces. If I could find enough buddies and peers I would do most of my stuff in languages like smalltalk that take care of freeing memory, collecting garbage and such. Again: That said, I still use C/C++ for most of my stuff. In short: Don't scuff someone who tries to avoid the pitfalls of C/C++ by using a language that does all those little things for them. Sure, I wouldn't use any dialect of basic but that is another issue. Uwe (hiding behind his desk) -- 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software developers. - Linus Torvalds http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
