C is not clean – the language has many gotchas and traps, and although its semantics are simple in some sense, it is not any cleaner than the assembly-language design it is based on.
Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more for their basic livelihoo… - Erik Naggum
Historically, labor unions arose when people had gotten a taste of a different lifestyle and were willing to pay a lot more for their basic livelihoo…
- Erik Naggum
Optimization is generally detrimental to future success, but it is the only way to accomplish present success in competition with others who are equa… - Erik Naggum
Optimization is generally detrimental to future success, but it is the only way to accomplish present success in competition with others who are equa…
Some people are little more than herd animals, flocking together whenever the world becomes uncomfortable … I am not one of those people. If I had a … - Erik Naggum
Some people are little more than herd animals, flocking together whenever the world becomes uncomfortable … I am not one of those people. If I had a …
Well, take it from an old hand: the only reason it would be easier to program in C is that you can't easily express complex problems in C, so you don… - Erik Naggum
Well, take it from an old hand: the only reason it would be easier to program in C is that you can't easily express complex problems in C, so you don…
Unfortunately, nigh the whole world is now duped into thinking that silly fill-in forms on web pages is the way to do user interfaces. - Erik Naggum
Unfortunately, nigh the whole world is now duped into thinking that silly fill-in forms on web pages is the way to do user interfaces.
Gotos aren't damnable to begin with. If you aren't smart enough to distinguish what's bad about some gotos from all gotos, goto hell. - Erik Naggum
Gotos aren't damnable to begin with. If you aren't smart enough to distinguish what's bad about some gotos from all gotos, goto hell.
That's why the smartest companies use Common Lisp, but lie about it so all their competitors think Lisp is slow and C++ is fast. - Erik Naggum
That's why the smartest companies use Common Lisp, but lie about it so all their competitors think Lisp is slow and C++ is fast.
it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust anybody, and in CLOS you basically trust everybody. The practical result is that thieves and bums… - Erik Naggum
it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust anybody, and in CLOS you basically trust everybody. The practical result is that thieves and bums…
They don't make poles long enough for me want to touch Microsoft products, and I don't want any mass-marketed game-playing device or Windows applianc… - Erik Naggum
They don't make poles long enough for me want to touch Microsoft products, and I don't want any mass-marketed game-playing device or Windows applianc…
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