On Wednesday 27 Aug 2003 14:32, Ron Johnson wrote: > Give me a better reason, like "I need to touch the hardware", or > "the scripting language I use only allows binary extensions to be > written in C".
Very true, i use C for embedded work because i need direct control over the hardware, and being able to see the exact asm code generated and tweak when necessary is a huge bonus in this situation. However, if I'm writing something that isn't either performance critical or very low level platform specific code, i would always use either Java or Python (others will have their preferences here - i hear great things about ruby for instance), Ive even been known to prototype certain code in Haskell when that language seems appropriate. Tom -- ^__^ Tom Badran (oo)\______ Imperial College (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || || Using Debian SID
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