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Linux Journal Interview With Brian Kernighan
pndiku writes "Linux Journal has an interesting interview with Brian Kernighan where he talks about AWK, AMPL and how he had nothing to do with the creation of C."
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1: but the graphical interfaces are more responsive on Windows than through an X interface.
Isnt that what we've been saying all this time?
2: Yes, long ago. Multics was an acronym for something like Multiplexed Information and Computing Service, and it was big and complicated because it had many of everything.
Are there still any usable capibility systems out there? My friend found an old PrimeOS box with everything. Yet to get it running, as damn near every port is the same (spitz n sparken if you're wrong).
3: C is perhaps the best balance of expressiveness and efficiency that has ever been seen in programming languages.
If anything, LISP is better. If you want 3d virtual worlds which events trigger other events on a time scale, it's HELL to do in C. Lisp allows that kind of control, with the inclusion of CPU hits (in respect to C).
4: And modern systems are so messy and complicated that they are more frustrating than rewarding most of the time.
After reading that statement, Why'd they interview him? The whole idea of programming is to reduce or STOP that result. Programmers make it easier on users (well, supposed to)...