To C or not to C...

[Where's the falafel?]

The following is reprinted from SIGPLAN Notices, December 1983.
 
It was written by Wes Munsil during discussions on the topic
of whether Pascal or C should be used in a project.
 
	Use C, or not use C, that is the question:
	Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
	The flags and warnings of a rude compiler,
	Or to take arms against a sea of errors,
	And by debugging, fix them?  To code, to hack,
	No more; and by a hack to say we end
	The type-check and the thousand other checks
	Pascal is heir to, 'tis a compilation
	Devoutly to be wish'd.  To code, to hack;
	To hack! perchance to test:  ay, there's the rub;
	For in that hacker's bliss what bugs may come,
	When we have written out this awful code,
	Must give us pause:  there's the respect
	That makes development of such long life.

Enjoy!
		<_Jym_>

| Jym Dyer | Nashua, New Hampshire | ...decvax!decwrl!rhea!vaxuum!dyer |

Mon 19-Mar-1984 13:42 Zen (not EST!) Time