On Wed, 2009-07-01 at 10:23 -0400, Herbert Graf wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 10:40 -0400, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> > David Harris wrote:
> > > Times were very different when K&R were constructing a programming
> > > language and operating system from scratch.  If one doesn't like C,
> > > then don't use it.
> > 
> > And I don't when I can help it.  Of course that is orthogonal the argument
> > that C is a very badly designed language.
> > 
> > Times were different when Algol and Pascal were invented too, so that's no
> > excuse.
> 
> Any discussion on "what language is best" quickly devolves into a almost
> religious argument, so to all, please stop this part of the discussion
> here.
> 
> Thanks, TTYL

Dammit, see what happens when you're on vacation, you forget what day it
is, I could have sworn it was Monday.

So, my statement above still stands, albeit 2 whole days late, grr... :)

TTYL

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