From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 08:35:53 +0000 From: Paul Donnelly Message-ID: <871vmixmas.fsf@plap.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6b217426-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 eris.discordia@gmail.com (Eris Discordia) writes: > As for this direct question: > >> I must say that the Lisp version is much simpler and clearer to me, while >> the C version is mildly baffling. Does that make me a wizard who can >> hardly read simple C code, or is it just a matter of what you and I are >> respectively more comfortable with? > > I'd like to concur with the implication that it's all a matter of what > mindset one carries but I'm also tempted to exclaim since I find the C > version straightforward--it closely follows how one would do a bubble > sort on paper. Or perhaps even this assertion is shaped by my personal > impressions. I don't have the two versions in front of me, but if I did I might say that the Lisp version is more similar to describing how to do a bubble sort, while the C version is more similar to doing it.