Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.programming,comp.sys.raspberry-pi,alt.windows7.general Subject: Re: C is not a low level language Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:44:10 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <20190224075627.3004ea1cebad8b4055574d17@eircom.net> <7qm47e99prt8o5ga9phi6mofn72ek248i2@4ax.com> <60mckf-teg.ln1@gangtai.home.grep.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="a29c11a90a25a34e2eb54e5c4ce715e4"; logging-data="12303"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/I4RwQJwPrr2MXBWoYlyX6" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M (<33gDLsFf8kSA8DEg4ZZACwptW9>) Cancel-Lock: sha1:of0TuUYH+fMlafInNG/N/nYSALk= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:141296 comp.programming:9698 comp.sys.raspberry-pi:19725 In message <60mckf-teg.ln1@gangtai.home.grep.be>, Wouter Verhelst writes: >On 24/02/2019 15:48, Mayayana wrote: >> 2) What do you need in the result? >> >> Anything that compiles to native code is efficient. Java >> and .Net are bloated messes on desktop but just the >> ticket server-side. Script is quick and very useful, >> but it's interpreted, with limited data types, and therefore >> not suited for heavy lifting. They all have their pros and >> cons. Well, except maybe Perl. That's just too ugly to be >> allowed to survive. :) > >Perl allows line-noise code, but then so does C. > >Honestly, it's perfectly possible to write readable Perl code that is >easily maintained. Or C, or any language - even BASIC. > >Like with anything, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or the beer holder! That applies to more than just pulchritude: one should not code when under the affluence! -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf What's awful about weird views is not the views. It's the intolerance. If someone wants to worship the Duke of Edinburgh or a pineapple, fine. But don't kill me if I don't agree. - Tim Rice, Radio Times 15-21 October 2011.