On Monday 11 April 2005 03:30 am, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > On Apr 11, 2005, at 1:25 AM, Stewart Stremler wrote: > > That's not to say that if you can program C, you can write _good_ Java > > programs... > > You're being more optimistic than I am. I am not even assuming that > a C programmer could necessarily write good *C* programs.
LOL, on a bad day I know exactly what you mean. > However, I would stand by my statement that if you can program in C, > you can program in Java. > > In fact, I would probably even posit that you can program in Java and > *not* be able to program in C. Java does not require that you ever > throw pointers around--C does. That first indirection is generally > the thing which sends 90% of CS folks back to liberal arts. I remember having a conversation with Chuck Moore maybe 20 years ago (Damn, how time files). I asked him, "What is your favorite data structure?" He paused for a moment and said, "Oh I dunno, an array, I suppose." I responded with, "The pointer cause I can build anything I want out of it." Chuck just laughed. Nobody has mentioned what really was for years the main attraction of programming before it all got so serious and "professional", which is that it was FUN!!! And Forth was a lot more fun than most. boblq -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
