Simple made easy

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy

Rich Hickey's presentation which received a standing ovation from Dr. Sussman.

>>118
C, when compiled directly to machine code, will always yield lower performance at the same levels of complexity as a higher level language
This is a highly debatable assertion, but regardless, you're just proving the point of >>117.  Start with C because it's simple.  That's Hickey's mantra, after all.  You're preaching about not choosing a language based on performance (premature optimization), but then you say not to use C because it's lower performance.