On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 5:58:12 AM UTC+5:30, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On 12/16/13 3:32 PM, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > >>> And ever after that experience, I avoided all languages that were > >>> even remotely similar to C, such as C++, Java, C#, Javascript, PHP > >>> etc. > >> I think that's disappointing, for two reasons. Firstly, C syntax isn't > >> that terrible. > > It's not just the abysmally appalling, hideously horrifying syntax. At > > about everything about C is just *not* "made for human beings" imho.
> I've never heard C syntax reviled quite so intensely. What syntax do > you like, out of curiosity? I had a paper some years ago on why C is a horrible language *to teach with* http://www.the-magus.in/Publications/chor.pdf I believe people did not get then (and still dont) that bad for - beginner education (CS101) - intermediate -- compilers, OS, DBMS etc - professional software engineering are all almost completely unrelated -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
