Actually both ruby and haskell have effected my C a lot more.  I've been 
able to turn several "endless functions" into a short series of actions 
done to a list.  Of course each thing that would be a one-liner in Ruby 
winds up being a call to a function with a for loop in it, but one must 
make due with what one has.

Someday I hope to escape from "C hell" and make a living writing with a 
real language.

jp


James Britt wrote:
> Jeff Pritchard wrote:
>> James, I really enjoy your quotes.  
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> 
>> This one especially, having just 
>> learned quite a lot about programming via ruby and a friend who insists 
>> on explaining Haskel and "functional programming" to me.
> 
> Let us know how Haskell influences your Ruby.  Or vice versa.
> 
> 
>> 
>> This "A language that doesn't affect the way you think about 
>> programming" quote seems to have a double meaning though.  Every 
>> Wednesday, some guys come around with lawnmowers and weedwhackers. I 
>> hear them buzzing away and see them sweating through the window of my 
>> comfortable office. When I'm programming in C, the language makes me 
>> want to stop programming and go join the lawn crew outside...does that 
>> count?
> 
> I know the feeling!
> 
> 
> --
> James Britt
> 
> "A principle or axiom is of no value without the rules for applying it."
>    - Len Bullard


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