On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:13:37 -0700, John Smith I
wrote:
Example:

#include iostream

void helloworldprocedure(void)
{
cout "hello world!" endl;
}

void main(void)
{
helloworldprocedure();
}

... takes no parameters, returns none ...

Horrid examples of language, these are like the proverbial turds in
the punch bowl at a party.

I think most C programmers prefer to program in assembly (but with
windows allowing NO direct access of devices, peripherals, memory or
disk--why bother, assembly can only be used as a wrapper to call windows
libs/dlls/activex/scripts/etc., or custom ones--linux can be made to
allow direct access),

Most C programmers are Neanderthals with their skills frozen in the
70s. There is at least one Windows Assembler out there, it's free and
has been available for years from Steve Gibson at:
http://www.grc.com/smgassembly.htm
His executables perform network connections in file sizes of barely
more than 5K up to a massive 22K.

however, C adds a productivity factor of
magnitudes over assembly.

Bull Looney. This kind of syrupy rationale was composed to sooth the
nerves of Dilbert's pointy haired boss. It merely reveals that many
coders need training wheels to allow them to ride faster when
designers could have walked there in half the time.

C is NOT a user language.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC