Re: OT: Programming Languages

On a sunny day (Sat, 02 Nov 2024 07:44:05 -0700) it happened john larkin
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On Sat, 02 Nov 2024 07:44:28 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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On a sunny day (Fri, 1 Nov 2024 22:50:41 -0000 (UTC)) it happened Nick Hayward
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 19:57:21 +0100, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
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On 11/1/24 19:04, Cursitor Doom wrote:

You can call me old fashioned, but I still believe there's never been a
more elegant computer language than the original K&R C. You can keep
the rest; I'll stick with that.

 
Agreed! All the hand-holding of later versions just get in the way.
 
Jeroen Belleman

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What about C++?

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It is a crime against humanity!!!

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Most computing languages originate from programmers wanting to play
with programming because solving real-world problems - the things we
pay them to do - isn't interesting.
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In academia, they need toys and things to argue about so they keep
inventing languages. It's like economists who can't say "let the
market work, and econ 101 is all anybody needs."
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I sat in on one cs class where new languages weren't enough fun, so
the prof lectured about compiler compilers, a whole new layer of
abstraction.

I remember having to use Pascal...
Did get into an argument with some prof when I pointed out an error is his paper.

I have had arguments with teachers before in schools...
When the exams came I passed.. Bye!
OTOH I met some teachers later and they even remembered me
and were all curious and enthusiastic... asked what do you do these days?
nice.