Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:02:49 -0800 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: History of C (Re: Why do you use a devil as a mascot?) Message-ID: <20101114220249.GC43542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <20101114204450.GA9247@thought.org> References: <201011132032.oADKW4FG025920@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101113220559.GE45921@guilt.hydra> <4cdfa533.KmbS7pHvQ3h%2BK92G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20101114204450.GA9247@thought.org>
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--6zdv2QT/q3FMhpsV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 >=20 --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --6zdv2QT/q3FMhpsV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM4FyJAAoJEIpckszW26+R/XQIAIKyYFJO3G3RjMIUtm2nGm2/ ue0xVDJGvjaRATq0eIuDdhYg/TcebZ+kSZ4JFv4sQ+k2l26G5Whay9Dhs9dX25Ur lk1hq9mS/09DmYgps2QRFXYHKKe4T46JW06YlebIERJPKsETKQBXQphmEY3s7TyB KpgAR9Vz6UFBXTRlEuaLTCP9dfzftrkr/vQXRvRik9keyE7ATkg1QGVrM4AAQBct 23LRdf0Qk49GiWcaZlIdThFoJ2dEJhenvlE4JJU91nyyo2pR8QCDgnlITMEC0vRX 3ImN5W202J0lR4t69tKA8YOpS4CcWJjm0aNvMrOqA3CkNHPaR23Hbh2gFjE46i4= =FZ+e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6zdv2QT/q3FMhpsV--
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