[ale] Ruby vs C, a non-technical chat

[Chris Fowler]

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> From: "Michael Trausch" <mike at trausch.us>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 1:23:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Ruby vs C, a non-technical chat

> A nugget that I don't recall where I got it: program into a language, not in
> it. Then it doesn't matter. C has no objects, but that doesn't stop one from
> using a struct as an object template and another one as a vtable...

Microsoft's idea of 'handles' motivated me to add objects to C code. As I started using higher level languages we needed to code in I started taking time replicating their APIs in C and we use those. ServerSocket, Socket, Vector, String, etc are ones I implemented in C libraries based on the Java doc. 
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