Thread: What is the weakness of C ?

Originally posted by Prelude
So you're saying that C should baby the programmers like Pascal? One of the reasons you can do so much with C is because the language assumes you're not a moron. If in fact you are a moron, you shouldn't be using C.

Hahaha. I was itching to make a post like that.

*shakes Prelude's hand*

>So you're saying that C should baby the programmers like Pascal?
>If in fact you are a moron, you shouldn't be using C.

No I don't say that, read my posts... I said "it's a weakness". You translate it to: "I wan't internal bound checking in C because morons should also get a change to program in C" ...

> One of the reasons you can do so much with C is because the language assumes you're not a moron.

Every strength has a weakness...

>Every strength has a weakness...
Of course, everyone has a different perspective. The perspective of C's designers was to give power and flexibility instead of safety. I don't consider that choice to be a weakness of the language, merely a feature that caters to some and not to others. You obviously consider it to be a weakness. The difference between weakness and strength is a matter of opinion, nothing more.

-Prelude

That sounds more like a poor choice of language for the task.

Of course. Due to a weakness of the language. If there was some sort of all encompassing super language with no faults, everbody would be using it for always for everything.

The perspective of C's designers was to give power and flexibility instead of safety. I don't consider that choice to be a weakness of the language

Whether it's a weakness or not depends on your requirements. Would you advocate using C for everything? If not, why? What's wrong with C that make it a poor choice of language for particular tasks?