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From article <Mar.23.06.24.39.1990.14840@paul.rutgers.edu>, by emuleomo@paul.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo):
> [...]
> Futhermore, how come C is rapidly becoming the most popular 
> application implementation language in the world if it is sooo evil?

Programming languages tend to become popular _in_spite_ of their quirks
rather than _because_ of them.  Advocates of one language over another
seldom recognize this and proudly point at the worst features of their
favorite language as being its main virtues.  C's use of pointers is
a case in point (so to speak).  People can write applications in spite
of the way pointers make them do it - but this is because people are
clever, not because pointers are good.

> [...]
> I say, like capitalism, let the market (users) decide the going price
> (favourite language) for the product.

Seems to me that a _lot_ of people spent a _lot_ of money in past years
on things like 'roller disco'.  Popularity (even to the point of lots
of money changing hands) is _not_ a guage of quality.

J. Giles