> When dealing win an array is 400 times slower in a "modern OO language" then in raw C, well, the code id fucking bloated.
Social science numbers do not impress me. Besides, what is a "modern OO language"? Haskell? How can you give any numbers without even specifying that detail?
> Of course there are lots of places where OO makes absolute sense. And the fat and slow code is the compromise you might have to make.
Your idea that "OO = fat and slow" is blown away by actual benchmarks.
(And, yes, unless and until you define what "OO" is to you, I'll pick Haskell as a perfectly reasonable OO language. Given than I've seen C called OO by people with better writing skills than you, this is hardly a strange choice in this context.)
> So, yes, I am an idiot
Again, I did not call you an idiot. The only one calling you an idiot here is you.
> More often than not, when it's pedal-to-the-metal time C is the most sensible choice.
I agree fully with this. However, I disagree that "pedal-to-the-metal time" is all of the time, or even most of the time. Especially when you're trying to teach programming.
Do you teach new drivers in an F1 racecar? Why or why not?
Social science numbers do not impress me. Besides, what is a "modern OO language"? Haskell? How can you give any numbers without even specifying that detail?
> Of course there are lots of places where OO makes absolute sense. And the fat and slow code is the compromise you might have to make.
Your idea that "OO = fat and slow" is blown away by actual benchmarks.
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Shootout
(And, yes, unless and until you define what "OO" is to you, I'll pick Haskell as a perfectly reasonable OO language. Given than I've seen C called OO by people with better writing skills than you, this is hardly a strange choice in this context.)
> So, yes, I am an idiot
Again, I did not call you an idiot. The only one calling you an idiot here is you.
> More often than not, when it's pedal-to-the-metal time C is the most sensible choice.
I agree fully with this. However, I disagree that "pedal-to-the-metal time" is all of the time, or even most of the time. Especially when you're trying to teach programming.
Do you teach new drivers in an F1 racecar? Why or why not?