From: Mikael Brockman <mikael@...>
Date: 2004-08-29T17:20:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Typos (Was: performance comparison)

David Ross <drossruby@yahoo.com> writes:

> --- Kristof Bastiaensen <kristof@vleeuwen.org> wrote:
> 
> > > But to be honest i think the most people using
> > > script languages are not
> > > very good programmers. This has to do that they
> > > are very good beginner
> > > languages for non technical persons who wants to
> > > see results instead of
> > > learning a theory first.
> >
> > So you know most programmers using script languages,
> > AND their skills as a
> > programmer?  Wow, you have amazing insights!
> > 
> 
> [...]
> 
> C programmers have to think more about design and
> safety.

You assume that most C software is well-designed and secure.  The
opposite is true.

> With Most scripting languages which have safety protection force the
> programmer not to even think about the underlying code. With this,
> this is the proof of why scripting language programmers are not as
> good as per sey.. C programmers.

You assume that good programmers design with machine-code in mind;
again, the opposite is true.

> I am sure this is what lothar was meaning by "But to be honest i think
> the most people using script languages are not very good programmers"

And I agree.  Additionally, most people using non-script languages are
shoddy programmers, too.