L.D. Best wrote:
>
> Dear Clarence,
>
> On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:42:12 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
>
> > The "C" programmers' philosophy: Just write until you can't think up any
> > more crap and let the hardware people figure out how to make it run.:((
>
> Please rethink that statement, or reword it "The Turbo-C ..." or
> "Borland C++ ..."
>
> A decent C programmer can turn out a program which will compile to be
> nearly as neat and clean as assembler. A bold C programmer who knows
> what functions his program will *not* need can even pare down and
> individualize the libs that are included, bringing size down further and
> function speed up.
M'dear LD mam.
While we all know one person who can really write a program in "C", we all
also know thousands that can't. I'm afraid I DO generalize a bit, but the
numbers are with me.
However, in keeping with the spirit of the message, I shall henceforth refer
to "C+++" programmers instead of "C" programmers. <G>
- Clarence Verge
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