Comment by PaulRobinson
1 month ago
> Matz: But as a programmer, the language I want to use might more often be C. I'm a C programmer, have been for many years. A C programmer for decades.
There's the lede. :)
1 month ago
> Matz: But as a programmer, the language I want to use might more often be C. I'm a C programmer, have been for many years. A C programmer for decades.
There's the lede. :)
Best quote of the year so far. Love me some C.
He continues: "C++. Well, I've programmed in it but it's kind of like, please spare me - so I prefer C."
I also liked this part:
> ..From a specification perspective, Lisp and SmallTalk are like seniors to me. There's a lot I can reference from them. They're like a treasure trove of ideas. If anything, I often go to them, get ideas, and incorporate them into Ruby.
It kind of makes sense. I feel that Ruby is a nicer syntax sugar over C at the end of the day.
That is a surprising take. I wouldn't describe Ruby that way at all.
What? Ruby has very little in common with C, it's just implemented in C...
Ruby is more like Smalltalk and Perl had a baby...
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