Re: C related, but not a C question..

Richard Heathfield wrote:
Legacy code, n. (pej.): code written in some language other than the one
preferred by the speaker.

Hah.

because apparently we're "hard to find."

You didn't seem to have any trouble.

In regards to?
One thing, at work, I've actually been told to not write something in C
(that was actually the most appropriate language for it [Solaris memory
statistics, etc.]) and instead write it in Perl, since it would require
others to know more than Perl to support it (even though our developers
al know C/C++). Right, let's use a crappier tool for the task because
everyone else carries the same crappy tools around. Kind of like
installing a door handle with a pipe wrench because that's all one has
ever known.

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