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comment 548344 RE: Point by point by moltonel on Fri 11th Jan
2013 10:06 UTC in reply to "Point by point" Member since:  In
what way is C simple? Take someone who's got a good background
and mind for programming and show them C. See how long it takes
them to actually understand how to (...)  C is much simpler to
understand fully than most other languages, in the sense that
you understand exactly what a given line of code does. You
pretty much know what (unoptimized) assembly will be generated
by reading C. Try that with python, java, or even C++.  Of
course C is harder to understand when you start with the
language, but that's not what the author is talking about. He's
talking about very experienced programmers (which he is).
"Faster Build-Run-Debug Cycles"  In what universe?  In the
universe where java is not a "comparable language" I suppose,
but I admit I wonder about this one too.  Reply Parent Score: 6