Why is C syntax so uneasy on the eye?
In its day, was it _really_ designed by snobby programmers to scare away
potential "n00bs"? If so, and after 50+ years of programming research,
why are programming languages still being designed with C's syntax?
These questions drive me insane. Every waking minute...
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Why is Chinese syntax so uneasy on the eye?
In its day, was it _really_ designed by snobby linguists to scare away
potential "n00bs"? If so, and after 5000+ years of civilization,
why do Chinese people still using that funny syntax?
These questions drive me insane. Every waking minute...
"C# Learner" <cs****@learner .here> wrote in message
news:uL******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... Why is C syntax so uneasy on the eye?
I don't find it so, but that's really a subjective issue.
Of course for folks who are new to it, it does take some
'getting used to'.
In its day, was it _really_ designed by snobby programmers to scare away
potential "n00bs"?
No, I think it's simply trying to be concise and 'to the point'.
If so, and after 50+ years of programming research,
why are programming languages still being designed with C's syntax?
Some are, some use other types of syntax. If you don't like it,
well, use something else. :-)
These questions drive me insane. Every waking minute...
"Think about snakes."
-Tony Robbins.
:-)
-Mike
C# Learner wrote: Why is C syntax so uneasy on the eye?
In its day, was it _really_ designed by snobby programmers to scare away
potential "n00bs"? If so, and after 50+ years of programming research,
why are programming languages still being designed with C's syntax?
These questions drive me insane. Every waking minute...
If you want COBOL, you know where to find it.
-- Er*********@sun .com
C# Learner <cs****@learner .here> wrote in
news:uL******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl: These questions drive me insane. Every waking minute...
I would sleep more often then.
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C# Learner wrote: Why is C syntax so uneasy on the eye?
Because it's so pretty. That it is "uneasy on [your] eye" is your
problem. Not to worry; there's a solution for your problem. Jesus said
it, and it appears three times in the Gospels:
Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast
it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members
should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it
from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather
than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Mark 9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for
thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes
to be cast into hell fire:
C# Learner wrote:
Why is C syntax so uneasy on the eye?
In its day, was it _really_ designed by snobby programmers to scare away
potential "n00bs"? If so, and after 50+ years of programming research,
why are programming languages still being designed with C's syntax?
These questions drive me insane. Every waking minute...
Go troll somebody else.
*plonk*
Brian Rodenborn
Alex Moskalyuk wrote: Why is Chinese syntax so uneasy on the eye?
<snip>
You make a perfectly valid counter-argument.
I think we can conclude, then, that humans, in general, are a pretty
/stupid/ species. Note that this is /not/ a shallow thought.
Another example showing human stupidity, which is also related to
natural languages, is the fact that there are /so many/ natural
languages spoken by humans. Of cource, more than one natural language
is redundant, and causes problems involved with translation.
By the way, it's nice to see someone actually being able to provide a
decent counter-argument on a newsgroup without having to resort to
name-calling.
Have you ever looked into Perl or Lisp code?
C suddenly starts making perfect sense.
What's uneasy to you? Curly braces, parentheses, keywords, or something
else?
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Alex Moskalyuk
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"C# Learner" <cs****@learner .here> wrote in message
news:O2******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Alex Moskalyuk wrote:
Why is Chinese syntax so uneasy on the eye?
<snip>
You make a perfectly valid counter-argument.
I think we can conclude, then, that humans, in general, are a pretty
/stupid/ species. Note that this is /not/ a shallow thought.
Another example showing human stupidity, which is also related to
natural languages, is the fact that there are /so many/ natural
languages spoken by humans. Of cource, more than one natural language
is redundant, and causes problems involved with translation.
By the way, it's nice to see someone actually being able to provide a
decent counter-argument on a newsgroup without having to resort to
name-calling.
C# Learner <cs****@learner .here> writes: By the way, it's nice to see someone actually being able to provide a
decent counter-argument on a newsgroup without having to resort to
name-calling.
While your original flamebait wasn't particularly an example of decency
on your part, at least have the decency to stop posting off-topic *now*,
please.
If you really believe that the intention of Alex' reply was to start
an elaborate discussion about the Chinese language in comp.lang.c,
I recommend that you stay off Usenet until you have learned to pick up
hints.
Off-topic, therefore Followup-To: poster.
Martin
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