learning C

Remco Gerlich scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl
Wed Mar 7 19:32:47 EST 2001


Werner Schiendl <ws-news at gmx.at> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> > I assumed the original poster wanted to become a good C code writer, or at
> > least a good C code reader.  You tell him to learn C++ instead, as if
> learning
> > C is obselete.
> 
> If it is not obsolete, it should be at least considered deprecated for new
> projects.

A baseless statement. There are many types of project for which C is still
the best choice. For one thing, think embedded systems.

I can imagine something like Java deprecating C++, but C isn't going to go
away soon.

-- 
Remco Gerlich



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