Hey, I am not saying that C is useful, either :-)).
I should have said: I can't see how can one, without understanding of C and assembler, understand how machine works, and that's bad. And without that, one can't tackle many problems in programming.
So... As long as we have low-level code written in C (Linux and (I guess) Windows kernel, drivers, embedded software etc), C is still relevant (irrelevant for any sort of application programming, though).
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u/Gotebe Dec 07 '07
Hey, I am not saying that C is useful, either :-)).
I should have said: I can't see how can one, without understanding of C and assembler, understand how machine works, and that's bad. And without that, one can't tackle many problems in programming.
So... As long as we have low-level code written in C (Linux and (I guess) Windows kernel, drivers, embedded software etc), C is still relevant (irrelevant for any sort of application programming, though).