On Tue Nov 22, 2005 at 17:50:42 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >This one time, at band camp, O Plameras wrote: >>>(Apart from that C is a very unproductive language to program in, so >>>unless you really need it then use something higher level -- please!) >>> >>> >> >>I disagree with this. There are lots of things I can do with C that >>cannot be done with >>other high level languages easily. > >Yeah, set theory, matrix algebra, all of these are much easier to describe >in C than, say, Python. :)
Database querying, website generation, accounting software... it should be pointed out that finding better languages than C for operating system implementation is an active research area, as are hardcore static analysis tools to make sure your code is right, and doesn't contain the really subtle bugs seen in the code snippets posted today. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
