[wplug] relevance of C for Apps

[Robert L. Jeffries]

I know that this reply doesn't pertain to web apps or anything like
that, but a credible source informed me a while ago that a great deal of
the software/algorithms for some of the most advanced autonomous robotic
agents were/are written in C. Time and efficiency were key, with limited
resources. I'm not saying C is better than C++ or Java, or any other
language in this regard, just that when I asked what language(s) where
used, 'C' was the given answer.

rlj

On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 11:03, Chris Romano wrote:
> I don't want to start a flame war or anything and this is/can be a
> loaded question, but is C still a good language for developing Apps? 
> I know for things like a kernel and very low level stuff, it is still
> the number 1 choice.  But what about apps in general?  One of the
> biggest arguments that I hear for using C is that it's fast.  With
> machines becoming faster and faster and some of the security concerns
> around C, is C++ or Java a better choice. Is C that much faster then
> C++ and Java.  I know that some Java apps can take some time to load
> at first.  If it's already up and running, is it about the same as
> C++.  I'm not familiar with C++ or Java, although I had a class in
> C++.  The teacher was horrible and I really didn't get anything out of
> the class.  I have used C and do use it when the need comes.  I also
> hear people talking about using a scripting language like PHP, Python
> for the front-end/GUI and C for any heavy processing.  Does anyone
> have any experiences or insight on this?  I guess in the end looking
> in the future does it seem better to use C or some other language for
> app development.
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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