Sometimes even programming should be allowed to be a bit of fun :-) And the users profit of it too, because my programs there never hangs themselves up!
In the C Version we could always game as far as somebody found the bug. The mightiest monster in the Labyrinth :-)))))) Am Mittwoch, 24. August 2005 21:11 schrieb Uwe Thiem: > On 24 August 2005 18:34, A. Khattri wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Markus [utf-8] Döbele wrote: > > > The code I think is not the problem. But I think it is still a lot of > > > work. By the way I don't like C too much (we had a C Version once and > > > only encountered problems all the time :-( Buffer overflows and all > > > this nice stuff is a big problem of this language!) > > > > You mean it requires understanding pointers and attention to detail? > > > > Yes it does. > > > > An assembly programmer should find C easy (well I did anyway). > > > > > I started as a Assembler Programmer on the Atari ST (68000 Rulez!!!) > > > > I started on the 6502, then 68000 then 8086... > > Donning my asbestos suit. Cannot resist the flamebait any more. I did > assembler for 6502, Z80, 8085,... I am talking about real-world, commercial > software with several MB of assembler source. Like software for driverless > vehicles buzzing around in real plants among real workers. > > That said, once man made fire by twisting a little twig between hands while > pressing it to some other wood. I prefer matches or a lighter. Even when in > the bush, I prefer some fire starters I can buy. Man (actually Woman in > most cases) once carried water in calabashes on their heads for miles on > end. I prefer pumps and pipes and taps. Programmers once punched their code > and their data into punchcards, handed them in to the data centre and hoped > all would go well. I prefer editors, IDEs, compilers and linkers. ;-) > > Folks, we have got computing power on our desks that equals that of a > medium sized data centre 10 years ago. Of course, I want the bloody > computer and its tools to do all the sidetracking little tasks and > concentrate myself on algorithms and data structures and user interfaces. > > If I could find enough buddies and peers I would do most of my stuff in > languages like smalltalk that take care of freeing memory, collecting > garbage and such. Again: That said, I still use C/C++ for most of my stuff. > > In short: Don't scuff someone who tries to avoid the pitfalls of C/C++ by > using a language that does all those little things for them. Sure, I > wouldn't use any dialect of basic but that is another issue. > > Uwe > (hiding behind his desk) > > -- > 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software > developers. - Linus Torvalds > > http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
