Why C Sucks Today
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Wow! That's like reading Proust!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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He wasn't saying the C language sucked. It was the humour of the posting by Jergan (Jerk off more like) and he was using a litotial metaphor to adumbrate the colossal ignoramity of the non-programmer, whose self belief belied his ability and for whom the word Programmer was, at his hiring interview, giving answers that were indeed clear, simple, straightforward and true, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets which have been applied to the statement inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information he communicated and the facts insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated is such as to cause epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear. He lied!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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m.bergman
For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered. -- Voltaire
Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. -- Steve Landesberg
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This was posted to a programming channel on IRC: http://i.imgur.com/pAy4z.png[^] Not sure if it's legit or shopped (not going to waste time finding out) but it's funny either way. :laugh:
Nah - it can't be real. I haven't seen any "GIMME DVC DRVR CODZ IN C URGNTZZZZ!!!!" posts in Q&A...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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Nah - it can't be real. I haven't seen any "GIMME DVC DRVR CODZ IN C URGNTZZZZ!!!!" posts in Q&A...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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He wasn't saying the C language sucked. It was the humour of the posting by Jergan (Jerk off more like) and he was using a litotial metaphor to adumbrate the colossal ignoramity of the non-programmer, whose self belief belied his ability and for whom the word Programmer was, at his hiring interview, giving answers that were indeed clear, simple, straightforward and true, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets which have been applied to the statement inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information he communicated and the facts insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated is such as to cause epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear. He lied!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Wow :-D
Espen Harlinn Senior Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services
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Nah - it can't be real. I haven't seen any "GIMME DVC DRVR CODZ IN C URGNTZZZZ!!!!" posts in Q&A...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
True enough :laugh:
Espen Harlinn Senior Architect, Software - Goodtech Projects & Services
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He wasn't saying the C language sucked. It was the humour of the posting by Jergan (Jerk off more like) and he was using a litotial metaphor to adumbrate the colossal ignoramity of the non-programmer, whose self belief belied his ability and for whom the word Programmer was, at his hiring interview, giving answers that were indeed clear, simple, straightforward and true, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets which have been applied to the statement inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information he communicated and the facts insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated is such as to cause epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear. He lied!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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Then where is this place[^]? Ignore that. Google being helpful, yet again! :-O
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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He wasn't saying the C language sucked. It was the humour of the posting by Jergan (Jerk off more like) and he was using a litotial metaphor to adumbrate the colossal ignoramity of the non-programmer, whose self belief belied his ability and for whom the word Programmer was, at his hiring interview, giving answers that were indeed clear, simple, straightforward and true, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets which have been applied to the statement inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information he communicated and the facts insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated is such as to cause epistemological problems of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear. He lied!
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Did you program that paragraph in Word :P
All of my software is powered by a single Watt.
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This was posted to a programming channel on IRC: http://i.imgur.com/pAy4z.png[^] Not sure if it's legit or shopped (not going to waste time finding out) but it's funny either way. :laugh:
C never sucks, it rocks. Its the best language there is, and thats why its syntax has been copied so much, and why it produces such clean assembler. And if you ever have to debug OO derrived assembler, you will know what I mean! :) --edit-- Just looked at what the guy wrote! Ha ha, what a dick! Writing a device driver is not even about the C language, it is aout the complexity of the OS, and if it was Windows NT systems (XP, 2K, W7 etc) then the guy was in for some serious difficulty! And as for the jerks who hired him! Bet they did it because he was cheap and passed over the guy with years of experience! And they got burnt or it! Ha ha! If you want drivers, hire an expert. They are freaking damn complex, I know, I have been doing Windows kernel drivers for 12 years. :)
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Then where is this place[^]? Ignore that. Google being helpful, yet again! :-O
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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C never sucks, it rocks. Its the best language there is, and thats why its syntax has been copied so much, and why it produces such clean assembler. And if you ever have to debug OO derrived assembler, you will know what I mean! :) --edit-- Just looked at what the guy wrote! Ha ha, what a dick! Writing a device driver is not even about the C language, it is aout the complexity of the OS, and if it was Windows NT systems (XP, 2K, W7 etc) then the guy was in for some serious difficulty! And as for the jerks who hired him! Bet they did it because he was cheap and passed over the guy with years of experience! And they got burnt or it! Ha ha! If you want drivers, hire an expert. They are freaking damn complex, I know, I have been doing Windows kernel drivers for 12 years. :)
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Erudite_Eric wrote:
If you want drivers, hire an expert. They are freaking damn complex, I know, I have been doing Windows kernel drivers for 12 years
Indeed they are, and I've only had to write installers for them. The Windows DDK team is #3 on my list of development-groups-against-the-wall-when-the-revolution-comes (after the Bloatus Goatse team and the InstallShield team).
Software Zen:
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See the full message. I spotted that just after posting.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
