Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 12:59:42 -0500 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do hackers drive? Message-ID: <20031101175942.GA2082@online.fr> In-Reply-To: <3FA301F6.2010208@potentialtech.com>
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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. I could never get figure out C++, the syntax was too complex for me, maybe I never approached it the right way. (Same problem with perl.) On the other hand, a few months ago I tried out python and it was love at first sight. Initially I was writing stuff in a procedural way but I'm beginning to grok OO ideas now and it seems to all just make sense. I wish there was a good compiler for it though, speed is important in a lot of the things I do. Subsequently, I also dabbled in lisp a bit, does anyone use it these days for serious new projects (as opposed to emacs/maxima/other ancient stuff)? Quoted on http://www.smalltalk.org : "I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind." - Alan Kay - Rahul
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