On 2010-02-28,
(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:41:38 -0500, "Stan Starinski"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>I am really against Mikroelektronika and the fact their IDE is not free,
>>unlike Microchip MPLAB IDE.
>>
>
> Get off your throne: "C is better" must have the proper qualifiers.
>
> I used C on PDP 11/70 (UNIX), OS/9 (multi-user on a 1MHz 6809), and
> 80x86 platforms. I used assembly on PDP 11/70 (UNIX), 6809, and Z80.
> I've also used *good* compiled BASIC on multiple platforms.
>
> In the days of Turbo Basic and Turbo C on the PC, the compiler engine
> was the same, the only difference was the front end. If there are
> equivalent quality compilers for both languages on a given platform,
> BASIC usually beats C in development speed - no need to write a
> "middle of the string" function because the assembly version is
> already in the BASIC compiler.
no need to write a middle-of-sting function in c. use strlcpy or
one of the *printf variants as apropriate.
it's easier than writing qsort in basic
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