{"id":2086,"date":"2017-01-12T21:13:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2017-01-12T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T13:13:29","slug":"in-computer-languages-clarity-is-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2017\/01\/12\/in-computer-languages-clarity-is-key\/","title":{"rendered":"In Computer Languages, Clarity Is Key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/hp\/update\/6223664418824290304\">Tim | LinkedIn<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"side content-description\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">In Computer Languages, Clarity Is Key<\/h4>\n<div class=\"snippet-container\" dir=\"ltr\"><cite dir=\"ltr\">paw.princeton.edu<\/cite><span class=\"snippet\" dir=\"ltr\">IN THE FALL OF 1996, Brian Kernighan *69 brought scissors, a beard trimmer, and a pair of hedge clippers into the auditorium where he was t\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">From: Tim | LinkedIn In Computer Languages, Clarity Is Key paw.princeton.eduIN THE FALL OF 1996, Brian Kernighan *69 brought scissors, a beard trimmer, and a pair of hedge clippers into the auditorium where he was t\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2017\/01\/12\/in-computer-languages-clarity-is-key\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-documentations","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-xE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7070,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2020\/04\/03\/which-programming-language-is-fastest-computer-language-benchmarks-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":2086,"position":0},"title":"Which programming language is fastest? | Computer Language Benchmarks Game","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2020-04-03","format":"link","excerpt":"Which programming language is fastest? | Computer Language Benchmarks Game","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Senza categoria&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Senza categoria","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/category\/senza-categoria\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9236,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2022\/04\/04\/c-isnt-a-programming-language-anymore-the-register\/","url_meta":{"origin":2086,"position":1},"title":"C isn&#8217;t a programming language anymore \u2022 The Register","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2022-04-04","format":"quote","excerpt":"C isn't a programming language anymore \u2022 The Register C is often praised for being \"close to the metal,\" for being a \"portable assembly language.\"It was, once, but it hasn't been since the 1970s; the underlying computational models of modern computers are nothing like the one that C represents, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Senza categoria&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Senza categoria","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/category\/senza-categoria\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12133,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2024\/12\/19\/is-html-a-programming-language-webbed-briefs\/","url_meta":{"origin":2086,"position":2},"title":"Is HTML A Programming Language? 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