From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 14 22:02:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B0271065697 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:02:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209928FC08 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-101-204.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.101.204] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PHkVR-0007o5-Q2 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:53:03 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:02:49 -0800 Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:02:49 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101114220249.GC43542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201011132032.oADKW4FG025920@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101113220559.GE45921@guilt.hydra> <4cdfa533.KmbS7pHvQ3h+K92G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20101114204450.GA9247@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6zdv2QT/q3FMhpsV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101114204450.GA9247@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: History of C (Re: Why do you use a devil as a mascot?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:02:55 -0000 --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--