From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tlaronde@polynum.com Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:38:14 +0200 To: comeau@comeaucomputing.com, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20090903193814.GA1275@polynum.com> References: <20090903120157.GA1649@polynum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6204017e-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 02:02:53PM +0000, Greg Comeau wrote: > In article <20090903120157.GA1649@polynum.com>, wrote: > >I have the principle that, since a programming language aims to express > >clearly what you want to be done, if the author doesn't explane clearly > >his language, there is a problem. > > > >K&R is beautiful in this respect. In contrast, I never managed to > >bite in Stroustrup's description. > > Ok, now I'll get provocative: > Then why do so many people have a problem understanding C? Whether because there are too many people doing programming when they should not (including me). Or because they are trying to learn C from another book than K&R's. C shall be the test. If you don't even understand C, explained by K&R, then do something else. -- Thierry Laronde (Alceste) http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C