on 9/20/01 7:39 AM, Joel M. Sciamma at joelsciamma_at_compuserve.com wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:38:25 Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>
>> C++ /C'-pluhs-pluhs/ n.: Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs as
>> a successor to C...
>
> Laurent,
>
> Your definition of C++ reminded me of a quote by Jochen Schneider:
>
> C++: An octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog.
Actually, those definitions are not from me, they were taken from the
"Jargon Lexicon" at
<http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/The-Jargon-Lexicon-framed.html>.
-Laurent.
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