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Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar)Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar)Posted Jun 29, 2012 7:15 UTC (Fri) by ekj (guest, #1524)In reply to: Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar) by HenrikH Parent article: Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar)
Yes it's really true. At least to the best of our knowledge, it's really true.
I'm not talking "new programmers" here, even the Grand Old Man of large-software projects, Brooks, clearly agrees that high-level languages do allow people to get more done with less hours spent.
It's not a new revelation either, the Mythical Man Month is over 20 years old.
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Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar) Posted Jun 29, 2012 21:00 UTC (Fri) by PaulMcKenney (subscriber, #9624) [Link]
Of course, when Brooks wrote "The Mythical Man Month", C was considered to be a high-level language. ;-)
Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar) Posted Jun 29, 2012 23:02 UTC (Fri) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]
By who? Certainly not by K&R. In the preface of "The C Programming Language" (an absolutely must for anybody wanting to start with C and programming in general) you can read this:
"C is a general purpose programming language which features economy of expression, modern flow control and data structures, and a rich set of operators. C is not a ``very high level'' language, nor a ``big'' one [...]"
Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar) Posted Jun 30, 2012 15:10 UTC (Sat) by engla (guest, #47454) [Link]
“very high level” language and “high level” language are different labels. The former obviously created to differentiate from the latter.
Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar) Posted Jul 2, 2012 0:24 UTC (Mon) by rodgerd (guest, #58896) [Link]
So if someone tells you the movie they just watched was "not very good", you'd assume it was a good movie, rather than a bad one?
Why learn C? (O'Reilly Radar) Posted Jul 4, 2012 12:25 UTC (Wed) by jwakely (subscriber, #60262) [Link] There's a difference between not very high level and not "very high level"
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