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echo: rberrypi
to: MAYAYANA
from: AHEM A RIVET`S SHOT
date: 2019-02-25 15:05:00
subject: Re: C is not a low level

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 09:36:49 -0500
"Mayayana"  wrote:

> "Wouter Verhelst"  wrote
>
> | >  Well, except maybe Perl. That's just too ugly to be
> | > allowed to survive. :)
> |
> | Perl allows line-noise code, but then so does C.
> |
> | Honestly, it's perfectly possible to write readable Perl code that is
> | easily maintained.
> |
> | Like with anything, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
>
>    Yes. I was just teasing. It seems to me that different
> languages suit different personalities. In general it seems
> that the more math-oriented people like terser languages.
> But that's just my observation. I don't have any evidence.

 Q: Which is the right language to program professionally
 A: The one your employer tells you to use

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