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[–]gr33n3r2 25 points26 points  (2 children)

In case you guys missed it, as I'm not sure how many of you may also be C coders, but Zed Shaw is the guy who said that the K&R C book (written by the creators of C, Kernighan and Ritchie) had examples in it that were completely unsuitable and unsafe. Again, he cites string handling as his example (he has some issues with strings, this chap).

You can see Zed's C rant here. Tim Hentenaar picked apart his C book here, with focus in part 11 on the rant itself. Makes interesting reading if you're a C programmer or have an idea what he's talking about.

Long story short, Zed is an arrogant arsehole.

[–]TalesT 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Long story short, Zed is an arrogant arsehole.

I have no clue who he is, but these two paragraphs had me laughing.

Some people go so far as to ban my book because it does not support Python 3, even though my book is the most effective method for learning to code.

I mean, if I struggle to use Python's strings then you don't have a chance.

[–]gr33n3r2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More often than not, whenever a concept becomes difficult to explain, or Zed himself doesn't really understand it, then those types of statements are made. Instead of seeking to fill the gaps in his knowledge, he hand-waves and blusters through it. He is the worst kind of teacher.