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From article <Brwrsq.8uI@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, by tmkk@uiuc.edu (Khan):
> No, Right argument. Show me a language which is simpler than C, yet more
> powerful.

I would say that Modula-2 or Oberon would qualify quite nicely.  They
don't have the standardized libraries that C has (which for me make up
the #1 argument for C), but libraries have nothing to do with language
power.  As for simplicity, I think a language with 16 operator
priority levels has distinct problems in terms of that.  C offers lots
of ways to do the same thing different ways (the ++-kind operators and
indexing arrays by incrementing pointers - stuff that can have
horrible performance effects on RISC machines) that are not really
needed.

As for the comments on the cryptic C syntax - yes, it is harder to
read.  Reading speed is not measured in characters, but words;
cognitively, word shapes have a lot to do with recognizing a word, and
moderately long keywords separated by whitespaces are easier to read
than bunched-together special characters (don't remember where I read
that, though).
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