on 14/05/02 23:54, Ermin Mistica at angel316_at_earthlink.net wrote:
[snip!]
> In short, have you guys lost me? No. I=92m staying.
You won't regret it. Nice to see you staying, Ermin!
-Laurent.
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Laurent Daudelin <http://home.cox.rr.com/nemesys>
Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:nemesys_at_cox.rr.com
C++ /C'-pluhs-pluhs/ n.: Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs as
a successor to C. Now one of the languages of choice, although many hackers
still grumble that it is the successor to either Algol 68 or Ada (depending
on generation), and a prime example of second-system effect. Almost anythin=
g
that can be done in any language can be done in C++, but it requires a
language lawyer to know what is and what is not legal-- the design is almos=
t
too large to hold in even hackers' heads. Much of the cruft results from
C++'s attempt to be backward compatible with C. Stroustrup himself has said
in his retrospective book "The Design and Evolution of C++" (p. 207),
"Within C++, there is a much smaller and cleaner language struggling to get
out." [Many hackers would now add "Yes, and it's called Java" --ESR]=20
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