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<blockquote data-quote="knightjp" data-source="post: 532683" data-attributes="member: 33134"><p>The question is, what language do you use know. I'm assuming that you are using a Mac because you are on a MAc Forum. Never known anyone to use BASIC for mac. </p><p></p><p>Another thing about your last line... "C tends to consistently beat everything".... that is true. </p><p>Ever thought that C is popular because it is actually that good??</p><p>Unix... perhaps the best Operating System alive, is a C code. And it remains the best performer when compared to all the Operating systems. One very reason it was chosen to be the heart of the Mac OS X.</p><p>A program written in C is only as good as the programmer who wrote the code. If the programmer wrote some dodgy code, then yeah... you can expect an average program that does not work as well as it should. </p><p></p><p>I'm guessing you are a professional programmer, so you'd probably know better than me. </p><p></p><p>In my opinion, C & C++ is a very good choice. Yes it might be tough and painful, but I would think that it is well-worth the while getting into it. </p><p>Unix (the best OS by far and the heart of Mac OS X) is nothing but a C code. That should show that a good code written in C can be a great thing. </p><p>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never seen a program in Java or BASIC have that kind of testimonal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="knightjp, post: 532683, member: 33134"] The question is, what language do you use know. I'm assuming that you are using a Mac because you are on a MAc Forum. Never known anyone to use BASIC for mac. Another thing about your last line... "C tends to consistently beat everything".... that is true. Ever thought that C is popular because it is actually that good?? Unix... perhaps the best Operating System alive, is a C code. And it remains the best performer when compared to all the Operating systems. One very reason it was chosen to be the heart of the Mac OS X. A program written in C is only as good as the programmer who wrote the code. If the programmer wrote some dodgy code, then yeah... you can expect an average program that does not work as well as it should. I'm guessing you are a professional programmer, so you'd probably know better than me. In my opinion, C & C++ is a very good choice. Yes it might be tough and painful, but I would think that it is well-worth the while getting into it. Unix (the best OS by far and the heart of Mac OS X) is nothing but a C code. That should show that a good code written in C can be a great thing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've never seen a program in Java or BASIC have that kind of testimonal. [/QUOTE]
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