C is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage
Bjarne Stroustrup
People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.
people language
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses. Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQ: Did you really say that?. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more.
system language
However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.
language
This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.
effort evolution language
Within C, there is a much smaller and cleaner language struggling to get out.
The connection between the language in which we think/program and the problems and solutions we can imagine is very close. For this reason restricting language features with the intent of eliminating programmer errors is at best dangerous.
I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining.
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