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What kind of problems is c best at solving?

"nib" <> wrote in message
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> What kind of problems is c best at solving?
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Any computer program is best if it solves a well-defined problem, and is
short enough for a single person to understand it at once.

C should be your langauge of choice if it is important that the program be
understood by a large number of people (simply because C is so widely
understood). It is also the language to choose if execution speed is
extremely important, because C compilers are very efficient.

If execution speed is paramount you should use assembly language, if it is
important that the language be easy to implement (ie build an
interpreter/compiler for) you should use BASIC, if the project is very
complex then arguably you should use C++, if the problem is non-numerical in
nature SNOBOL, for pattern matching, or COBOL, for business programming, are
good choices.

C is a very general-purpose language that should be the default if nothing
else is indicated.

nib wrote:

> What kind of problems is c best at solving?

The kind that have solutions.

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On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 19:25:32 GMT, nib <> wrote:


>What kind of problems is c best at solving?

Those that can be solved by a computer.


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nib writes:

> What kind of problems is c best at solving?

Here is a list of things where C++ has been alleged to be used with some
degree of success.

http://www.research.att.com/~bs/applications.html

[Sorry I'm using Malcolm's post as I can't see the OP's post yet]

> "nib" <> wrote in message
> >
> > What kind of problems is c best at solving?

Anything that can be described by an algorithm. Preferably a procedural
algorithm, though it's not uncommon to use C in typically OO or other
non-procedural context.

Peter

osmium wrote:

> nib writes:
>
>> What kind of problems is c best at solving?
>
> Here is a list of things where C++ has been alleged to be used
> with some degree of success.

How is that relevant to his question?

"osmium" <> wrote in message
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> If C is best at solving anything that can be described by an algorithm
then
> it is the best language there is.

Of course it is! After my native language, that is

> A highly dubious assertion.

Why?

osmium wrote:

> nib writes:
>
>> What kind of problems is c best at solving?
>
> Here is a list of things where C++ has been alleged to be used with some
> degree of success.

Methinks you forgot which newsgroup you're in.

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Peter Pichler writes:

> > > What kind of problems is c best at solving?
>
> Anything that can be described by an algorithm. Preferably a procedural
> algorithm, though it's not uncommon to use C in typically OO or other
> non-procedural context.

If C is best at solving anything that can be described by an algorithm then
it is the best language there is. A highly dubious assertion.