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From: Adrian Wontroba <aw1@stade.co.uk>
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On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 07:44:38PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> I've always had a uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach that C++
> and other OO languages were more complicated than they needed to be.

Have a look at this (Spoof C++ Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup)

http://www.dafydd.net/fun/cxxinterview.html

It's quite old now, but still funny.

As an ex C and nowadays mainly perl programmer I've some sympathy with
the spoof's thrust.

-- 
Adrian Wontroba