>>56Maybe if you wrote the programs, maybe then they are garbage.
I know a lot of great C code. You probably don't even know C code. How did you all get so freaking mad about C anyway?
Many serious pieces of software, a lot of software to create a supportive environment for further abstracted software is implemented with C. And then there are typically small bootstrapping / supporting collections of programs beneath C, in machine code, to supplement in areas where abstractions just isn't sustainable. This is REALITY, and for very good reasons it is so. Because the founders of modern computing made it that way. Are you unhappy with this? Is their work garbage?
And all you have to say about that is "undefined behavior!!!". But so what? Undefined behavior could very well be what makes C great. But you wouldn't understand any of that because instead of programming and proving that YOU are a capable programmer, in whatever language suits your preferences, you probably don't account for sh*t and to hide this fact you indulge in these endless discussions and futile reasoning about what language is better and what language is garbage. This is what a lot of people refer to as "babble", "bullshit". Charlatan.
I shouldn't even have opened my mouth but I admit I was baited. To all the other programmers who simply mind their own business let me just say this: Obviously I am a C programmer, and I enjoy C, I also think C is beautiful. I DON'T think it's LIPS however, and hands down I never read SICP.
You may not agree with C being the great language I percieve it. I think many of you don't, some of you do. Whatever. If you don't you are free to pick ANY OTHER LANGUAGE and I will respect your choice. If you think it's a good language, and you're productive with it, there has to be something to it. I expect the same from you.
So, is there going to be a real discussion about programming languages? Maybe people will share interesting ideas, personal philosophical views et cetera? Will there? Cause simply saying something is "garbage" is not discussion.