Precisely
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
No, that's exactly the same (kind of) study and it has nothing more to do with reality than the other one. You are taking a statistical average of a group. I suppose it is better in that it relies less on the concious opinions of the test subject. But nothing about this implies it is that way "because of nature". I bet if you tested a seven year old, their eyes would miss on shorter than average lines because they are not as used to reading.
I still think this is a mental, developmental trait and not a fixed, physical one.
Great word.
C programming resources:
GNU C Function and Macro Index -- glibc reference manual
The C Book -- nice online learner guide
Current ISO draft standard
CCAN -- new CPAN like open source library repository
3 (different) GNU debugger tutorials: #1 -- #2 -- #3
cpwiki -- our wiki on sourceforge