New on the forum and I have a problem: I ONLY LIKE C

[YSSOETE]

Hello,

I'm new to the forum and I have a big problem.

Whatever I try, I ONLY LIKE C

Yes, I hate C++, C#, Objective C, Java, J2EE, Javascript, SQL, Ruby on Rails, Python, Perl, Php, you name it, I hate it.

I like C for the complexity in simplicity.

I want to be a better programmer and I have studied all the above, and I came to the conclusion that I only love C.

(The only small exception to my abnormal behavior is NASM)

if I need to use one of the above languages I'll do it, and use it. BUT I DISLIKE IT.

What's wrong with me ? Can it be fixed ? Should it be fixed ?

[phantomotap]

O_o

Is this some sort of troll?

If not, who the hell cares? You've already said you'd do the work if required, so your preference isn't the least bit relevant. Sure, you may have a small view. You may also just be too dumb to learn those other tools. How are we supposed to know? Why should that reason if one exists mean anything to anyone other than you? If you don't like that about yourself, fix it. If you don't care, why should we?

If so, you should have listed Java more than once and SQL thirty or more times.

Soma

[Neo1]

Try a functional language, like Haskell for example.

Also, what is this supposed to mean?

I like C for the complexity in simplicity.

[phantomotap]

Also, what is this supposed to mean?

My guess: C makes even simple things complex?

Soma

[Neo1]

My guess: C makes even simple things complex?

Soma

Right. And.....he likes this?

[grumpy]

What's wrong with me ? Can it be fixed ? Should it be fixed ?

You need to get out more. It can't be fixed unless you get out more. Yes, you should get out more.

[cfanatic]

C is a great language, but what do you use it for? Have you tried any .Net languages? I use Visual Basic (VB .NET), and I love it.

[std10093]

Try a functional language, like Haskell for example.

Or F#...

C is a great language, but what do you use it for?

We programmed this little robot with C And in system programming it is also extremely useful (I have heard). It's not very commercial as Java for example though..

[cfanatic]

I know what C is for, but I want to know what the OP uses C for.

I like e-your puck robot. So relaxing watching 2 of them go around in circles. Did you build the robot yourself? I looked at documentation and the electronic circuit looks complicated, but maybe because I have zero electronics experience. I would love to be able to build a robot like that.

[std10093]

The hardware came from the polytechnique of Lausanne

[Epy]

When I first really got serious about programming, I had the same problem. I thought C was the only thing that was pure and beautiful. But then I became realistic and thought more "right tool for the right job". Now I use Python for most of my stuff. I can rewrite in another language of need be.

[Elkvis]

Yes, I hate C++, C#, Objective C, Java, J2EE, Javascript, SQL, Ruby on Rails, Python, Perl, Php, you name it, I hate it.

can you articulate exactly what it is that you don't like about any of those languages?

[Salem]

Well if you're only attracted to the kinds of problems that C is best suited for solving, then you kind of have a self-fulfilling prophecy.

But if you were to say "I hate this web page layout, I know, I can use greasemonkey and a bit of javascript to fix that". No one would seriously attempt to do that using C.

Like Epy says, it's all "tools in the box".
You'll be a better programmer all round if you at least know what the various tools are capable of.
At the moment, you're a "hammer and nail" kind of guy, trying to fit every problem into one that can be fixed with a hammer and nail.

Try solving some problems where C isn't the natural obvious choice, write it in C, and compare with writing it in a more appropriate language.

[Cat]

I think some of it depends on why you don't like them.

Often, I find that when I find myself disliking a language, it may be because I just don't fully grasp some facet of that language that differs from prior experience - for example, JavaScript at first seemed strange until I got in the car, put on some music, and just drove around for an hour, pondering prototype-based inheritance until I understood it.

You certainly don't need to know every facet of every language, but you should grok the core concepts that span many languages. Also, as you gain more experience with a wider variety of languages, picking up the next language generally becomes easier and easier because you have more variety of experience to compare against.

Hey, back in the day I learned to love PERL (though perhaps with a tinge of Stockholm Syndrome), and if PERL can be loved, anything can be loved.