Look a little harder, Marc.
I am the hardest looker :-)
Productivity?
Yes. Meaning the time needed to solve a problem.
How many lines of C does it take to replicate the functionality of the "new stack" and "new card" commands?
A link to the correct library - that's about one line, I'd say.
How many lines of C does it take to "get word 3 of item 6 of line 17 of someText?
Not taking into account that I do never need to get "word 3 of item 6 of line 17" but usually use some regexp for such tasks - I'd say a call of the right function in the correct library takes about one line.
Can you change a library routine, replace the library file, and rerun all your C applications that use the library without relinking & redistributing the standalone? I can & do with Transcript.
Yes, by using shared libraries - or, depending on the actual task, using a plug in system.
You won't appreciate the benefits of Transcript until you become more familiar with it. The C way of doing things is not the only way, and I submit it is not the best way available.
I totally agree on that. As I have said before: I was not (and I still am not trying to be) saying anything AGAINST Transcript. Since "programming" really should be the SMALLEST task in a complete project the language only _is_ a small component. To me, personally, Transcript currently is a black box. That does not mean that it is "useless", again, I never said that.
But C or C++ isn't a language on its own, as you depict. You always access a large pool of libraries, you (surely?) don't reinvent wheels, tires or women every time you start coding something.
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