jperry@UNIX.SRI.COM.UUCP (05/28/87)
I liked both the humor and the punching power of your diatribe
against the C language. I know what you mean about the "machismo"
you refer to --- lots of people feel like part of an in-group if
they know an arcane language that provides expressive power to
those who do a two-year daily devotional by practicing even when
they haven't a real program to write (you know, something that
REALLY needs to be done).
Also liked your line of sample C code. And it doesn't
surprise me in the least that it came from an "instructional"
book. Who's their intended audience --- those who have nothing
better to do with their memory?
John Perry