Re: do { quit; } else { }

On 09.05.2025 18:26, Richard Heathfield wrote:

On 09/05/2025 16:54, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
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Since some folks feel comfortable in their "C" bubble I understand
that these people might feel annoyed by such posts.

 
Each newsgroup has a topic. I subscribe to no fewer than ten newsgroups,
because I am interested in those ten topics. If you are interested in
C++, you can subscribe to comp.lang.c++ and chat about it all day long
and nobody will bat an eyelid. I have no doubt that many comp.lang.c
subscribers are also subscribed to comp.lang.c++. Why not join their
number, and keep the salt in the salt pot and the pepper in the pepper pot?

(You seem to have missed the point; see below.)

 

But showing deficiencies (in "C") and providing counter-examples or
alternatives from other languages [as done here] should be welcome.

 
Why?
 
Four important ways that C scores over other languages are:
 
* Speed
* Simplicity
* Size
* Portability
 
The more you add, the more likely you are to slow it down, the more
complex you make it, the bigger it gets, and the harder it is to port.

See; now you're discussing (in a very principle way) why the other
poster's suggestion makes no sense [to you]. - That was the point.

(And you can always skip questions or suggestions or discussions
you are not interested in.)

Janis

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