Could I use Java or c#? [was: Re: re-writing college books]

[mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA (der Mouse)]

> I read this thread and I little be afraid.  I'm just ahead of a
> complete rewriting of my program.  The previous code was written in
> pure C (with an OOP looks-like somewhere).

Perhaps I'm missing something.  Why do you have to abandon C?  You
mention C++, C#, and Java, but no other languages; is there some reason
you have to use a language that tries to be object-oriented?

Also, you have said nothing about what the tradeoffs involved are.
Since this is sc-l, I assume security is involved; what does this code
need to be secure against?

It could very well be that C is the right language for you to use.
Yes, it has problems, but so do all other languages; it's just a
question of finding the language whose problems are least problematic
for you and your application, and it sounds to me as though some of the
most important problems for you have nothing to do with the languages'
capabilities per se.

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