[Info-vax] C... the only winning move is not to play...

Paul Sture nospam at sture.ch
Fri Feb 14 03:15:52 EST 2014


On 2014-02-13, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
> In article <ldj146$7fg$2 at dont-email.me>,
> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>On 2014-02-13, Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote:
>>> In article <ldegvp$r54$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>>
>>>> If you think C has strong typing, you should try Ada some time. :-)
>>>>
>>>
>>>    At least in Ada we don't have to sit arounf wondering what "}" means
>>>    on this line.
>>>
>>
>>Oh, I agree. :-)
>>
>>In case it's not obvious from previous postings, I like Ada (and Wirth
>>style languages in general).
>
> If Ada is a Wirth style language, does that imply the C is a Wirthless style
> language?  :)

Some would say that C doesn't have any sense of style at all.

It is surely no coincidence that the rise in the popularity of C came in the
same timeframe as that of the term "computer nerd" :-)

--
Paul Sture



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