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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 23:00:55 +1000
Subject: Re: Python vs C++
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Neil D. Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> wrote:
> C itself is very simple (albeit not simple to use). But I contend you do
> need to be a Medieval Scholar to compile and link it. My mind boggles
> watching a ./configure vomit ASCII all over my screen. I have to avert my
> eyes, make a wish, and make install. ;)

Bah, it's more fun to actually read it, and to imagine what manner of
system might fail some of those tests :)

checking for candle... no
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for windows.h usability... no
checking for windows.h presence... no
(these last two on a system that had already been probed and found to be Linux)

And of course:
checking whether build environment is sane...
http://xkcd.com/371/

ChrisA