Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Jun 2005 12:26 UTC
For Linux users, HLA is a strong programming tool that allows them to create powerful programs on a variety of different levels. As HLA becomes more feature-rich, additional applications will be written using HLA under Linux. With HLA and Linux, programmers can develop new and exciting applications anyone can use. Read more.
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Oh c'mon, it's rather widely known that C doesn't score high on the 'easy-to-read' rankings.
That depends heavily on factors like (I mentioned) training, personal "reading taste", and ultimatively the program itself. Perfectly indented FORTRAN77 with tons of goto is not going to score higher on your "easy-to-read" raking, even being less "symbol-loaded" than C. And on the other hand, 2/3 level loops is also not making an equivalent Pascal code more readable than Fortran 95 with direct array assignments.
There is simply no language XY => unreadable logic. Also arguing that assembly, even HLA is easier to read comes very close to a joke.
But all this is simply irrelevant for the discussion. There is plainly no technical reason to avoid C escapes, and attempting to say that this is needed for string passing is plainly not true. Niche such as C parser is certainly not the typical application for HLA.