Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!gwyn@BRL.ARPA From: gwyn@BRL.ARPA (VLD/VMB) Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: more questions about efficient C code Message-ID: <11554@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 14-Jul-85 00:56:29 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11554 Posted: Sun Jul 14 00:56:29 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 04:27:50 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 12 I have to disagree with your view that "programming is a tool for all and not a science for a few". Most of the problems I have encountered with software have been the direct result of it being produced by amateurs who were apparently both unaware of the science and unfamiliar with the proper usage of the tools. C is meant for experienced, professional programmers; and even those are expected to learn about the language before dealing with it. It makes no sense to argue that all code should be readable by those unfamiliar with the language; would you prohibit the use of classes in C++, data structures and pointers in C, etc. simply because people whose experience is limited to a BASIC primer don't understand them?