Use C, or not use C, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The flags and warnings of a rude compiler, Or to take arms against a sea of errors, And by debugging, fix them? To code, to hack, No more; and by a hack to say we end The type-check and the thousand other checks Pascal is heir to, 'tis a compilation Devoutly to be wish'd. To code, to hack; To hack! perchance to test: ay, there's the rub; For in that hacker's bliss what bugs may come, When we have written out this awful code, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes development of such long life. -- Wes Munsil