22 Jul
2023
22 Jul
'23
4:39 a.m.
On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 05:33:11PM -0500, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote:
On 7/21/23 5:30???PM, Larry McVoy wrote:
I think you get good at using C, and/or m4, and at a certain point it is
easier to write good code in that than start over in a different set of
tools.
My older son is learning CS and I told him that C is a lot like a
sports car on a twisty mountain road that has no guard rails. If
you are someone who wants to be on your phone in the car, you are
gonna have a bad time. On the other hand, if you are an expert
driver, it's a lot of fun.
Kids these days, all they want is guard rails :)
--lm
It really was super pleasant to realize I'm
not the last guy who wants to
use C for serious work.
I thought the same thing about m4.
I still like m4.
I've used m4 for more than trivial things within the last few years.
>I suspect we're dinosaurs but we're cut from the same clothe dinosaurs.