Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:37:15 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: History of C (Re: Why do you use a devil as a mascot?) Message-ID: <20101114223715.GA50902@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20101114220249.GC43542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <201011132032.oADKW4FG025920@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101113220559.GE45921@guilt.hydra> <4cdfa533.KmbS7pHvQ3h%2BK92G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20101114204450.GA9247@thought.org> <20101114220249.GC43542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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--4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 02:02:49PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Gary Kline on Sunday, 14 November 2010: > >=20 > >=20 > > Just about the whole Murray Hill gang stopped by Cray=20 > > (in Chippewa Falls), late 80's, and I remember asking Dennis > > what the deal was with "C++"; I remember him dodging the > > thing. Whoever-invented-C++ did a convoluted job, i s my > > opinion. It might be nice to add classes to C, but that's > > about it. > >=20 > The inventor of C++ is Bjarne Stroustrop. I had the chance opportunity > to sit down at a table with him and have a conversation prior to an SD > West conference several years ago. He's a nice guy, with a great sense > of humor -- but even he admits "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the > foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off." > http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bjarne_Stroustrup There's always the theory that Bjarne Stroustrup actually meant C++ as a joke: http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/I_did_it_for_you_all It's generally regarded as a hoax, and there is an actually published interview that corresponds with this time period in IEEE's Computer Magazine that reads quite differently from this. Still . . . if this is real, it would certainly explain a lot. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzgZJsACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXSCwCdEhezRzEnrVjT3jPEA9XdbE2X EGUAoM2Pb0CmhoJXi3z1aoxjlZ4L86nx =0GHa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--
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