You're going to get buried for the odd knife metaphor :/
Even if we ran with it, like, would a cook use a knife with a sharp handle because it's "more sharp"??
I get what you mean though: C is pretty liberating. It gets out of your way and let's you be pretty precise about what you want it to do. In return you have to... well, be precise. If you have a bug it feels like you just need to get better. If a language makes too many promises and fails you, it feels like it let you down.
But I feel that way about Java vs. Scala, so what do I know.
Even if we ran with it, like, would a cook use a knife with a sharp handle because it's "more sharp"??
I get what you mean though: C is pretty liberating. It gets out of your way and let's you be pretty precise about what you want it to do. In return you have to... well, be precise. If you have a bug it feels like you just need to get better. If a language makes too many promises and fails you, it feels like it let you down.
But I feel that way about Java vs. Scala, so what do I know.