0xAA55
The difference is that a "systems programming language" has the capability of being used low level if needed while a "shit scripting language" such as javascript does not. Basically what I am saying here is that Javascript is an underwear taint-stain for modern computer science. With any luck it will be rid of this world in 20 years and you javascript programmers can stop torturing yourselves with new "hot libraries" and "ECMA transpilers" every 2-4 years.
Shifting around in my BMW e36 5 speed will always be one of my greatest pleasures <3 -- nothing gets me up better for work than knowing I can speed around like an asshole on the way :)
People complain about traffic, but I feel the opposite. I mean, in an auto if you see a spot to cut into you are forced to floor it to force the car in a low enough gear -- it feels like the car is suffering vrrrAHHHHHHHHER
It took a decade to even decide what the C language really was and standardize it -- sounds pretty undefined and whimsical to me. But we all use and understand words differently so let's agree to disagree :)
There are so many parts of C that are unsafe that a secondary tool is needed to have an reasonable type-checking and that tends to be devastating if they can be easily avoided by even safety critical engineers.
https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/pubs/koopman14_toyota_ua_... "Toyota does not claim to have followed MISRA Guidelines"
And honestly I dont think we agree on what "a few" is. In my book if any more than 4 or 10 people die from a solved problem in computer science (like strong typing, mutexes, and range checking) that is already way too yes many
As far as decisions on a whim compare the two language design efforts and i'll let you decide:
http://www.adapower.com/index.php?Command=Class&ClassID=FAQ&... "The requirements were not a language specification, but instead they attempted to define rigorously the needed characteristics in a form that could be critically reviewed."
https://www.codingunit.com/the-history-of-the-c-language “It’s entirely Dennis Ritchie’s work”
In fact, from that list it seems like it is finally meeting parody on key Ada 95 features -- so maybe we dont have to be so sad :)
C is a mine-field of devastating design flaws which have caused many people to die because of decades old decisions made on a whim and any change to basic libraries to make them safer and removing dangerous functions is heresy.
As far as Python, yes the two versions of the language is troublesome for users but the language is objectively better and students learning programming for the first time benefit from a more robust version.
Feel free to give me a random code snippet ;p
Its not a "complexity game" in so much as poor design being over-compensated for. C++ is like cancer infecting the minds of young programmers with buggy habits -- and no amount of features and static analysis will change what lies beneath... :p
Foo.Bar.Baz;
exception when Program_Error => Put ("WHoops");
when Constraint_Error => Put ("Dang");
when Gaim_OVer_Main => Put ("??? D: ");
when others => Put ("IDC...");https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gnat_rm/Value_005fSize-and-Ob...
On second thought, who cares about reading its for squares and nerds. I would rather spend 2 hours Google searching what is an octet and finding out how enums are represented... :p