Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: "C Is Not a Low-level Language" Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 10:57:39 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <60bd8638-5456-4198-b08f-f0ab4927d1c1@googlegroups.com> <0dmtre-63m.ln1@gangtai.grep.be> <%9WGC.105800$tw.57299@fx42.am4> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="067bb2bcf7afe0ff6fbb1a4a3dfb8c90"; logging-data="10415"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+uWTxbMj33xPWZLEcjH2ji" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Xle4MrFcybO5uxiGb7QY84YS8Tw= sha1:Zk/RfGg/Ip6a0qfRcHNrEAmk3Hg= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:130201 Wouter Verhelst writes: > On 04-05-18 11:59, bartc wrote: >> It's just reinforcing the prejudice against Windows and perpetuating the >> myth that C can only properly be developed and run on Linux or >> compatible machines. >> >> He could have toned down his comments and stated that, wherever the >> program was developed and tested, assessment would be done on a Linux >> machine, instead of making anyone thinking of using Windows feel like a >> pariah. > > Oh, that I agree with. The language was certainly not ideal. > > Even if C programming is much easier on a Linux system, you're not an > idiot for using Windows. > > (well, you are, but for different reasons ;-P ) The instructor's actual comments were quoted upthread. They do not contain the word "idiot" or anything like it. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"