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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 17:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <199710100003.RAA14875@adit.ap.net>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: that's no fun anymore (was HELP!!)

At 10:29  10/8/1997 DST, Georg Kolling wrote:
>David Jenkins schrieb:
>> BTW Do you use printf(), malloc(), for(;;), if(), struct{}  etc,etc??
>> Just the same thing as using a library as far as I'm concerned.
>>
>
>you won't find for, if, struct as well as int, void, while, do, return, 
>typedef, or operators like /, %, &, +, -, *, &&, ||, <<  in any library because
>they are the main elements of the programming language C.
Well if you're going to that extent, then by using those you are just
sponging off the compiler authors. How will you ever learn anything about
programming with a compiler that does all that work for you? And for that
matter, assemblers are for wimps as well. Write it in raw hex numbers. No,
wait a minute, there's all that microcode inside the processor that you're
using. Not to mention all that silicon layout. Hmm... if you want to do it
all yourself, better go live in a tree somewhere without a computer.

Seriously, though... can we give up on this pro/con libraries discussion?

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net



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