From: David Ross <drossruby@...>
Date: 2004-08-31T07:22:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Typos (Was: performance comparison)


> I love C.  I think it's great for implementing
> designs.  On the other
> hand, it makes you do a lot of up-front work to get
> anything running.
> That doesn't really encourage you to be agile.  But
> to create original
> software, you have to sketch a lot.  Often you won't
> even know what you
> want to create.  You have to figure that out as you
> go.
> 

I always spend a couple weeks on design before coding.
I refuse to code even one line before design. Its the
way I work.

> Dynamic & high level languages attach less cost to
> changing.  They
> encourage you to experiment.  That's not very
> valuable if you're just
> implementing something you designed up-front.  But
> it's absolutely
> essential if you're not.
> 

Right, experimentation with the dynamic and latest
generation high level languages lead to more knowledge
in the computer science field. Some of the latest
achievements 

Can you explain what you mean by up-front?

> Using C to create original software isn't bliss. 
> It's like being in a
> straight-jacket. But considering you're a fan of
> Ada, I guess you like
> that kinda stuff.
> 

Programming in C or Ada isnt bad at all. The knowledge
is great to know. I have been learning programming and
scripting languages for a long time. I have been
through a lot and I see what I see. I know what I read
and experiment on how I can be faster. It really is
bliss though. When programming in per say C, I don't
have to think what I am doing at all, except make sure
that I am not writing buggy code which might have an
exploit. 

As far as the striaght jacket goes.. I probably need
one since I am a crazy programming kook.

I would eventually like to get a Ruby compiler going.
I will have to rename rubycc to something else. I do
not plan on converting Ruby to C code. I plan on
learning the internals of Tendra (tendra.org, not the
ten15 fork) and I will try to make a massive runtime.
8) Will be Ruby to machine code. (*oh yes Lothar, I
know I am crazy)

Programming in C is nice to experience. Other
languages like Scheme, Lisp, Ada, Eiffel, and
Smalltalk are nice languages to practice in as well.
Each language gives you some form of thought and
increases your performance  in other languages.  

Oh all the pitfalls and inconviences. Oh my! =)

--David Ross


	
		
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