Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:38:42 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015904323.d82925@mired.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>, bts@babbleon.org Subject: Re: C vs C++ Message-ID: <15494.57538.888210.658115@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020306191709.A55297@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <LAW2-F145zHHwkqnpib00016ada_hotmail.com@ns.sol.net> <20020305164731.530B5BA03_i8k.babbleon.org@ns.sol.net> <200203061219.g26CJEJ61813@sheol.localdomain> <20020306191709.A55297@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien <devnull@NUXI.com> types: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 06:19:14AM -0600, D J Hawkey Jr wrote: > > They should have left well enough alone, and advocated languages that > > were/are OOPL by concept as well as design. > *sigh* IF you say that then you really aren't thinking at at all. > Why isn't Eiffel (one of those pure OOL's) used more? BECAUSE IT ISN'T > C. Got it? No one is willing to learn a new language. Then they aren't hackers. I'm certainly willing to learn new language. I generally relish the opportunity. The trick is finding employers who are willing to let me do that, or tasks I want to do that the language in question is the proper tool. > Thus to repeat -- C++ was built on C SO IT WOULD BE ACCEPTED. That is true. C++ is as ugly as C, but has all the problems of Object Orient Languages. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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