Tony Griffiths  <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au> wrote:
+---------------
| The reason people use C is the same reason Basic became so popular in
| the PC world...  there is a zero learning curve needed to write your
| first 'working' program.  Eg.
| 
| Basic:	10	print "Hello world"
| 	20	end
| 
| C:	#include <stdio.h>
| 	main() {
| 		printf("Hello world\n");
| 	}
+---------------

Scheme:

	(display "Hello world")
	(newline)

Common Lisp:

	(format t "Hello world~%")

So... Explain to me again how that "#include <stdio.h>" and "main(){}" stuff
represents a *ZERO* learning curve???


-Rob

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