Re: [sqlite] Thanks!

[Uriel_Carrasquilla]

Agree, C is great and thanks God we got it in our asenal of tools.  But it
is not pefect because of its own strengths.
After 15 years of assembler programming, I am still to find a compiler that
makes debugging and optimizing as easy as assembler.
I can't remember the number of times that C has got me deep into memory
leaks.
If you need low level programming, C is a good compromise.
If you need high level programming, C is a good compromise.
If you don't care about performance and need an idiot proof programming
language, try Java or perl.
Obviously C has a place but the day Java performs as well as C, who would
one to deal with all of those "shot your own foot" issues.
Those are my 2 cents I am not trying to offend anybody.

Regards,

Uriel_Carrasquilla



                                                                                
                                                       
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>
> can a similar argument be made for assembler?

Yes, but modern C compilers generate code that's 99% as good as
a human would write. I've tried to write better code in assembler
than the compiler does. I've managed it, but's it's pretty hard.

If you profile your code you generally find that the difference
between C and assembler to be not significant compared to other
factors. In my case speed is not material because even the worst
code on a really slow machine won't make the internet send the
data any faster.

The only place I've seen assembler used, aside from in the
computer in your microwave oven, is in the innermost rendering
loop in 3d game engines.


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