Re: Your "when C is the best tool" article

On Monday 09 April 2007, SonOfLilit wrote:
> So you basically say nothing more than "Haskell has a buggy
> implementation and the OSes I use are C so it's easier to communicate
> with them in C, no need for FFIs"?
>
>
> Aur
>

Hi Aur!

Please don't take it the wrong way, but you are annoying and you completely 
mis-interpret me. I gave many reasons, but you only focus on one. I have a 
policy against emails sent to me in private:

http://www.shlomifish.org/meta/FAQ/#should_i_email

Please IM me ( http://www.shlomifish.org/me/contact-me/ ) if you want to 
continue this discussion.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> On 4/9/07, Shlomi Fish <shlomif-ik1l9ssToec+JF/[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Aur! (and all)
> >
> > On Monday 09 April 2007, SonOfLilit wrote:
> > > Hi Shlomi,
> > >
> > > This is Aur (from Israel.rb).
> >
> > Israel.rb == Ruby-IL.
> >
> > > I've read your "When C is the best tool for the job" article.
> >
> > Just for the record it is here:
> >
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/when-c-is-best/
> >
> > > My impression is that after promising to deal with the list of claims:
> > > (1)    * "Java and/or .NET are better than C in every way.".
> > > (2)    * "Perl/Python/PHP/Ruby/Tcl are better than C."
> > > (3)    * "LISP is better than C".
> > > (4)    * "If you need speed, use O'Caml or Haskell - don't bother with
> > > C." (5)    * "C is for kernels."
> > > , you only deal with (1), (2), (5).
> >
> > Actually, these and many similar claims are encountered times and again
> > on the Net. I tried to address the common theme.

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