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Re: C is best

Subject: Re: C is best
From: Eligiusz Narutowicz<>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:40:01 +0200
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c

William Hughes <wpihughes@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Apr 29, 2:34 pm, Richard Heathfield <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Ricky said:
>>
>> > On Apr 29, 11:15 am, Richard Heathfield <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> Ricky said:
>>
>> >> <snip>
>>
>> >> > If C is best because hackers (expert programmers) use it, then I would
>> >> > like to stress on - Why do hackers use it :-).
>>
>> >> It's obvious - they use it because it's the best.
>>
>> > best in what terms,
>>
>> In whatever terms your original reply intended.
>>
>> > you could have added many things like: expressive,
>> > fast, good low level interface, etc etc. It depends on what you are
>> > trying to do.
>>
>> Yes. What I was trying to do was give the subject all the gravity and
>> profundity of thought that it deserved, and I think I succeeded admirably.
>
>
> I don't.  I think you used far too much gravity and profundity of
> thought.
>
>                                 -William Hughes

In addition, hackers are almost never the best programmers. Usually they
are the worst programmers.    and programming are not synonymous.

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