Sure, the single line is more aesthetically pleasing. Compact, clever, concise. But try fixing a bug or adding new functionality to that one line. Especially as a beginner. This is supposed to be an educational codebase.
I've stated in part1 of the tutorial that "This tutorial is not intended to teach you how to code in assembly language or C".
My goal was to demonstrate some basic principles to get code running on bare metal, encourage curiosity, further my own knowledge and document my findings.
I appreciate that more self-documenting code might be desirable, but to some people (me included) a large number of lines can be as off-putting as more esoteric syntax. I acknowledge, however, that it is very hard to please everyone!
Hi! Thank you for writing and publishing this project! Just to clarify: no part of my critique was aimed at you or your choices in this codebase. My main point is that unlike the original commenter in this thread, i believe that well written C is not as clear and simple as well written rust (or other modern languages). I then tried to back that up by cherry picking a random line of “c-like” code from your codebase. My beef is with C, not you or anybody else using it :)
That makes complete sense, and I don’t take it personally. It’s been so cool to read all this valuable feedback!
I must say that I’m very comfortable in C, only because it’s where I landed up as a kid. I actually find it way less confusing than more “modern” languages (I kinda skipped OO etc.!), and I enjoy the “control” it gives. Maybe you can’t teach an old dog new tricks after all! ;-)
Especially as a beginner. This is supposed to be an educational codebase.
...which means that it's serving its purpose well. If you're a beginner and it's hard to understand, that's absolutely normal. If it's easy, you probably already knew. That's how learning is supposed to work.
