On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 02:02:53PM +0000, Greg Comeau wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I have the principle that, since a programming language aims to express
> >clearly what you want to be done, if the author doesn't explane clearly
> >his language, there is a problem.
> >
> >K&R is beautiful in this respect. In contrast, I never managed to
> >bite in Stroustrup's description.
>
> Ok, now I'll get provocative:
> Then why do so many people have a problem understanding C?
Whether because there are too many people doing programming when they should
not (including me). Or because they are trying to learn C from another
book than K&R's.
C shall be the test. If you don't even understand C, explained by K&R,
then do something else.
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