On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Greg Comeau <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:comeau@panix.com">comeau@panix.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Ok, now I&#39;ll get provocative:<br>
Then why do so many people have a problem understanding C?<br>
Please don&#39;t seriously say they don&#39;t.  In fact, these same<br>
arguments are used against C by those who don&#39;t care for C.<br>
Go figure?  I think not.<br><br></blockquote><div><br>I guess you gotta actually say what particular group of the population you are taking your &quot;many people&quot; out of. Programmers? People who work with computers? Artists? Europeans?<br>
<br>I&#39;ll assume you mean active programmers. 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.<br>
<br>What were we talking about again ...<br><br>Robby<br><br></div></div>