dyer@vaxuum.DEC (Where's the falafel?) (03/19/84)
The following is reprinted from SIGPLAN Notices, December 1983.
It was written by Wes Munsil during discussions on the topic
of whether Pascal or C should be used in a project.
Use C, or not use C, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The flags and warnings of a rude compiler,
Or to take arms against a sea of errors,
And by debugging, fix them? To code, to hack,
No more; and by a hack to say we end
The type-check and the thousand other checks
Pascal is heir to, 'tis a compilation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To code, to hack;
To hack! perchance to test: ay, there's the rub;
For in that hacker's bliss what bugs may come,
When we have written out this awful code,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes development of such long life.
Enjoy!
<_Jym_>
| Jym Dyer | Nashua, New Hampshire | ...decvax!decwrl!rhea!vaxuum!dyer |
Mon 19-Mar-1984 13:42 Zen (not EST!) Time