Unix and user friendy systems
Don E. Davis
ded at aplvax.UUCP
Thu May 30 22:19:13 AEST 1985
In article <335 at brl-sem.ARPA> abc at brl-sem writes:
>Perhaps the controversy over whom and/or for what source code
>is written merely illuminates the <true> heresy that "C" is
>not the ultimate programming language.
No reasonable person would claim that "C" is the "ultimate programming
language" because no such thing exists. Every language has its strong
points and weak points; every language does some things
well and some things poorly. This rabid C programmer is quite willing
to admit that the wretched Pascal is better suited for some projects
than C. Ditto with Lisp and Forth and <put your favorite language here>.
C's strength lies in that fact that it does just about everything
reasonably well. It allows the programmer to get right down into the
metal like an assembly language while simultaneously soaring aloft on
the wings of an HOL.
C is the ultimate MULTIPURPOSE programming language. If I were restricted
to one and only one language I would pick C without hesitation. And in fact,
I choose C for 90% of my programming projects. But I have written
in Pascal and Lisp and other languages when the needs of the project dictated
that choice.
--
Don Davis
JHU/APL
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