Re: [gentoo-user] Lost Labyrinth

["Markus Döbele" <mar_doe@gmx.de>]

Sometimes even programming should be allowed to be a bit of fun :-)
And the users profit of it too, because my programs there never hangs 
themselves up!

In the C Version we could always game as far as somebody found the bug. The 
mightiest monster in the Labyrinth :-))))))


Am Mittwoch, 24. August 2005 21:11 schrieb Uwe Thiem:
> On 24 August 2005 18:34, A. Khattri wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Markus [utf-8] Döbele wrote:
> > > The code I think is not the problem. But I think it is still a lot of
> > > work. By the way I don't like C too much (we had a C Version once and
> > > only encountered problems all the time :-( Buffer overflows and all
> > > this nice stuff is a big problem of this language!)
> >
> > You mean it requires understanding pointers and attention to detail?
> >
> > Yes it does.
> >
> > An assembly programmer should find C easy (well I did anyway).
> >
> > > I started as a Assembler Programmer on the Atari ST (68000 Rulez!!!)
> >
> > I started on the 6502, then 68000 then 8086...
>
> Donning my asbestos suit. Cannot resist the flamebait any more. I did
> assembler for 6502, Z80, 8085,... I am talking about real-world, commercial
> software with several MB of assembler source. Like software for driverless
> vehicles buzzing around in real plants among real workers.
>
> That said, once man made fire by twisting a little twig between hands while
> pressing it to some other wood. I prefer matches or a lighter. Even when in
> the bush, I prefer some fire starters I can buy. Man (actually Woman in
> most cases) once carried water in calabashes on their heads for miles on
> end. I prefer pumps and pipes and taps. Programmers once punched their code
> and their data into punchcards, handed them in to the data centre and hoped
> all would go well. I prefer editors, IDEs, compilers and linkers. ;-)
>
> Folks, we have got computing power on our desks that equals that of a
> medium sized data centre 10 years ago. Of course, I want the bloody
> computer and its tools to do all the sidetracking little tasks and
> concentrate myself on algorithms and data structures and user interfaces.
>
> If I could find enough buddies and peers I would do most of my stuff in
> languages like smalltalk that take care of freeing memory, collecting
> garbage and such. Again: That said, I still use C/C++ for most of my stuff.
>
> In short: Don't scuff someone who tries to avoid the pitfalls of C/C++ by
> using a language that does all those little things for them. Sure, I
> wouldn't use any dialect of basic but that is another issue.
>
> Uwe
> (hiding behind his desk)
>
> --
> 95% of all programmers rate themselves among the top 5% of all software
> developers. - Linus Torvalds
>
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