On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Rahul Sundaram <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Sure and writing in assembly language will probably use even few sys > calls. However I think the focus is on the wrong place in this argument. > Programmer's time is often more valuable than machine time. > > Agreed. However it depends on the programming skills of the writer and the kind of program you are writing. If you want to write a quick and fast and something simple, it can be done in a scripting language. However, if you are writing a device driver, it would be better to write that in 'C'. If you are writing the a python library or perl library for doing something complicated, it would be faster and better done in C. Python and perl itself are written in C. The bourne shell is also written in C and so is bulk of the OS. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
