Re: OT: Why is C so popular?

From: Ron Johnson (ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net)
Date: 08/30/03

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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 00:28:24 -0500

    On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 20:58, Pigeon wrote:
    > On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 04:44:33PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
    > > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:01:23 +0100
    > > Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
    > > > Oh, that's interesting - the for loop's running from 0 to 9, so it
    > > > prints "81", not "100".
    > >
    > > Yes, range(x) does 0 to x-1. This is for stuff like this (and this is a
    > > bad example)...
    > >
    > > for x in range(10):
    > > baz[x] = foo[x] + bar[x]
    >
    > ...so array indices work like C, then. OK!

    Python is written in C (no surprise there!), but what is surprising
    to some is that so many C-isms are in Python. For example:
        IF FOO == BAR:
            PRINT 'YES'

    Also, many modules are full of methods that are nothing but wrappers
    around C library calls, and thus have roughly the same parameter
    lists and calling sequences. 

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