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From: comeau@panix.com (Greg Comeau)
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote
Date: Wed,  9 Sep 2009 08:29:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <h847be$3i4$1@panix3.panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A89E40C6E5A2AF85DBD0A448@[192.168.1.2]>

In article <A89E40C6E5A2AF85DBD0A448@[192.168.1.2]>,
Eris Discordia <eris.discordia@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.

A kind of empirical comment:
What you first learned, or at least what you first learned
that worked, often seems to wire us to that way.  This seems
to bring forth biases establishing your programming universe
versus somebody else's.
--
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  reply	other threads:[~2009-09-09  8:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-02 14:29 ron minnich
2009-09-02 14:51 ` Rodolfo (kix)
2009-09-03  9:52   ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 11:15     ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-09-03 13:59       ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 15:01     ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 15:19 ` Enrique Soriano
2009-09-02 16:38 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-02 16:56   ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 16:58   ` Robert Raschke
2009-09-02 17:03     ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 17:36       ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-02 18:08         ` Richard Miller
2009-09-02 18:27           ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 18:35             ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-02 18:46               ` David Leimbach
2009-09-03 15:02                 ` Uriel
2009-09-03 15:02                   ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 19:10             ` Jonathan Cast
2009-09-02 20:02               ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 20:23                 ` Jonathan Cast
2009-09-02 20:45                   ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 17:31 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2009-09-02 18:25   ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 18:47 ` ron minnich
2009-09-02 19:11   ` Brian L. Stuart
2009-09-02 19:32     ` David Leimbach
2009-09-02 22:59     ` Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-03  9:53       ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 11:24         ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-09-03 12:01           ` tlaronde
2009-09-03 12:06             ` Brantley Coile
2009-09-03 14:03               ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 15:13               ` Jason Catena
2009-09-04  9:04                 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 14:02             ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 14:57               ` Robert Raschke
2009-09-04  9:04                 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-03 17:40               ` Brian L. Stuart
2009-09-04  9:03                 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-04 17:47                   ` Brian L. Stuart
2009-09-04 18:01                     ` Jack Norton
2009-09-04 20:18                     ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-04 21:36                       ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-04 22:50                         ` andrey mirtchovski
2009-09-05 14:14                         ` Eris Discordia
     [not found]                         ` <7AAFE4127E1DB57785BB273A@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-05 14:36                           ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06  1:58                           ` Jason Catena
2009-09-06  3:38                             ` David Leimbach
2009-09-06 18:29                               ` Tim Newsham
2009-09-06 18:44                                 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-06 17:08                             ` Eris Discordia
     [not found]                             ` <9C0E59DDCCDD197FBD4EC404@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-06 18:05                               ` David Leimbach
2009-09-06 18:34                                 ` James Chapman
2009-09-06 18:26                             ` Tim Newsham
2009-09-06 18:40                               ` David Leimbach
2009-09-07  8:54                         ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-07  9:07                       ` Greg Comeau
     [not found]                     ` <BB8E3A2E5419E566D0361D29@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-04 21:52                       ` Jason Catena
2009-09-05 11:02                         ` Richard Miller
2009-09-05 11:22                           ` Akshat Kumar
2009-09-05 12:11                             ` tlaronde
2009-09-06 20:04                               ` Rudolf Sykora
2009-09-06 20:45                                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-07  7:51                                   ` Vinu Rajashekhar
2009-09-05 13:38                             ` Anthony Sorace
2009-09-07  9:07                             ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07  9:39                               ` Akshat Kumar
2009-09-07 15:49                                 ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 15:58                                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-07 20:56                                     ` Lyndon Nerenberg - VE6BBM/VE7TFX
2009-09-07 21:21                                       ` Federico G. Benavento
2009-09-07 21:33                                         ` Lyndon Nerenberg - VE6BBM/VE7TFX
2009-09-09  8:30                                           ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-09 11:22                                             ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-09 15:48                                               ` Charles Forsyth
2009-09-09 16:00                                                 ` Russ Cox
2009-09-09 16:37                                                   ` Abhishek Kulkarni
2009-09-09 16:51                                                     ` Jack Norton
2009-09-09 16:07                                                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-09 16:07                                                 ` Akshat Kumar
2009-09-09 16:08                                                 ` Richard Miller
2009-09-09 16:13                                                   ` Richard Miller
2009-09-10 21:45                                                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-11  7:54                                                     ` Richard Miller
2009-09-11 10:21                                                       ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-09 16:11                                                 ` David Leimbach
2009-09-09 16:29                                                 ` Jason Catena
2009-09-09 17:17                                                 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2009-09-09 18:36                                                   ` Jason Catena
2009-09-09 17:29                                                 ` Iruata Souza
2009-09-09 17:57                                                 ` Tim Newsham
2009-09-10 11:59                                                 ` Eris Discordia
     [not found]                                                 ` <99A870099C1B1D6560F4CF1A@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-10 15:58                                                   ` hiro
2009-09-10 21:24                                                     ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-09  8:30                                       ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-09  8:29                                     ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-05 14:27                           ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-05 14:33                           ` Eris Discordia
     [not found]                           ` <B6F7A6BD1919CC67B621FDE3@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-05 14:36                             ` John Floren
2009-09-05 14:51                               ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-05 19:30                                 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-05 23:48                                   ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-05 18:26                               ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06  0:05                                 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06  0:17                                   ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06  0:37                                     ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06  0:56                                       ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-06 16:51                                         ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-06 17:32                                           ` tlaronde
2009-09-06  4:23                                 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-09-06 17:24                                   ` Eris Discordia
     [not found]                                   ` <393394D0A7F3F4A227F94CDA@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-06 18:03                                     ` Rob Pike
2009-09-06 19:26                                       ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-07 15:47                                       ` J.R. Mauro
2009-09-07  8:54                     ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-07  9:04                       ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-07  9:05                       ` Vinu Rajashekhar
2009-09-07  9:05                     ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07  9:49                       ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-07 11:34                         ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-07 16:00                         ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-07 19:23                           ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-09  8:29                             ` Greg Comeau [this message]
2009-09-09  8:35                           ` Paul Donnelly
2009-09-03 19:38               ` tlaronde
2009-09-03 21:55                 ` Daniel Lyons
2009-09-03 22:01                 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2009-09-07  8:54                   ` Greg Comeau
2009-09-04  9:15                 ` Greg Comeau

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