Re: Nostalgia isn't what it used to be...


"Tom Corey" <omtay otday oreycay @ otmailhay otday omcay> wrote in message
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> somebody wrote:
>
>> Came across this when random browsing. Had forgotten all about it:
>> http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/bwk-on-pascal.html
>
> Yeah, well, naturally Kernighan is/was about as objective in discussing
> Pascal as a conservative Christian is when discussing modern paganism.
>

Maybe my bias is coming through but even back in my C days I never
understood the near-worship that some folks had for K&R, even though it was
nearly 20 years after K&R was first published (this was the late 90s btw).
Mind you, they wore cardigans and sandals and wouldn't use C++ because "it's
too slow".

We'll all so lucky to be Delphi lads and lasses, y'know.

Best,
Dave


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