Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 00:46:19 -0400 From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: grog@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TCL Message-ID: <199706190446.AAA06768@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199706180108.JAA00340@papillon.lemis.com> (message from Greg Lehey on Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:08:13 %2B0800 (CST))
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>I won't disagree with any of this. I just disagree with the concept >of having to use different languages for different purposes. (dons >asbestos underwear) As far as I am concerned, there are three >languages: (Bourne) shell, awk, and C. Sure, it takes more effort to >write some things in C than it would in perl or tcl, but you don't get >boxed in so easily. I personally find that just as learning foreign languages helps me write better, so does learning other computer languages help me program better. Lisp, for instance, changed my perspective on hacking in a big way. I also find that when I'm writing C code in Perl, I'm not using Perl effectively. Instead it's most effective to think in Perl terms when writing Perl, and in C terms when writing C. Happy hacking, joelh -- http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu All my opinions are my own, not the Free Software Foundation's. Second law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation -- core dumped
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