Off topic C question

[phil hunt]

On 9 Apr 2002 17:56:55 -0400, Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
>In article <orGs8.5669$d7.1571810 at newssrv26.news.prodigy.com>,
>dsavitsk <dsavitsk at e-coli.net> wrote:
>>"phil hunt" <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:slrnab617e.97a.philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk...
>>>
>>> IMO, anyone for whom K&R isn't to their taste, probably won't make a
>>> very good programmer anyway.
>>
>>Yow! IMO, anyone who thinks that only one sort of person (a sort who
>>likes a particular book no less) makes a good programmer needs to relax
>>a bit in their judgmentalness.
>
>Well, Phil *should* have said "good C programmer",

That was sort-of what I meant.

C has a particular aesthetic, to do with sparseness and simplicity. 
K&R captures that aesthetic well, IMO.

-- 
<"><"><"> Philip Hunt <philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk> <"><"><">
"I would guess that he really believes whatever is politically 
advantageous for him to believe." 
                        -- Alison Brooks, referring to Michael
                              Portillo, on soc.history.what-if