Re: Boost process and C

websnarf@xxxxxxxxx writes:

You are saying you should throw out an entire language because you
don't like the way it handles strings?

It depends on your priorities. I wouldn't want to rewrite a Perl
program that does complex string processing in C. It's going to
get a lot longer and possibly harder to read (depending on how
much taste the Perl programmer had).
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"We put [the best] Assembler programmers in a little glass case in the hallway
near the Exit sign. The sign on the case says, `In case of optimization
problem, break glass.' Meanwhile, the problem solvers are busy doing their
work in languages most appropriate to the job at hand." --Richard Riehle
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