In article <6a3ae47e0909030757n31a8d09aoa2b2d57628a5a...@mail.gmail.com>, Robert Raschke <rtrli...@googlemail.com> wrote: >On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Greg Comeau <com...@panix.com> wrote: >> Ok, now I'll get provocative: >> Then why do so many people have a problem understanding C? >> Please don't seriously say they don't. In fact, these same >> arguments are used against C by those who don't care for C. >> Go figure? I think not. >I guess you gotta actually say what particular group of the population you >are taking your "many people" out of. Programmers? People who work with >computers? Artists? Europeans? > >I'll assume you mean active programmers.
Right, not the general population, but programmers, or, at lest those claiming to be said. >Many of those will have a problem >understanding assembly code. Funnily enough many more than those not >understanding C will have a problem understanding high level programming >languages like R, Haskell, or even Smalltalk. Probably so. >What were we talking about again ... Something about C being beautifully explained, or something like that. -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?
