Re:Mozilla Wants To Split Off Its Thunderbird Email/Chat Client
by peferron on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @07:08PM
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> As much as you make fun of C
I didn't make fun of C. I made fun of a comment posted by a C programmer, which is very different. I have absolutely nothing against C.
> C will teach you to keep you programs simple and efficient, because the language requires it
From what I've read, the OpenSSL codebase is definitely not simple, and I'm not sure it's efficient either—it would depend on how you define efficiency. So your affirmation seems factually incorrect.
Other than that, I agree with your post. Simplicity is awesome. No point in using Angular to build a landing page if static HTML can do the job just as well. (Edit: let me take that back. There can be a point: the pleasure of experimenting and learning something new.)
I didn't make fun of C. I made fun of a comment posted by a C programmer, which is very different. I have absolutely nothing against C.
> C will teach you to keep you programs simple and efficient, because the language requires it
From what I've read, the OpenSSL codebase is definitely not simple, and I'm not sure it's efficient either—it would depend on how you define efficiency. So your affirmation seems factually incorrect.
Other than that, I agree with your post. Simplicity is awesome. No point in using Angular to build a landing page if static HTML can do the job just as well. (Edit: let me take that back. There can be a point: the pleasure of experimenting and learning something new.)