On 10 Dec 2010, at 09:29, Antonio Petri wrote: >> >> >> Fact is, C is the biggest disaster ever in the industry. > > You started well, I agree that language benchmarks don't mean much. But you > cocked up with that statement. I don't know if you are aware of this, but > OSes and games are still written > by far in C/C++, and they are far from being a disaster, and it happens they > are among the most reliable software there is.
And so are most viruses and worms (I can cite a great OS that established HLL programming, better than Unix, not written in C). C gets its speed due to lack of checks, buffer overflows, etc. Widespread and used a lot also does not equate to good. Other systems languages were around in the 60s that were far better than C, that could have established good programming practices. C has been a disaster on so many levels. We are now paying for this legacy. But I don't think we should continue this discussion here. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
