From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tlaronde@polynum.com Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:01:57 +0200 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20090903120157.GA1649@polynum.com> References: <1cdcc4d258f6b65bb32d17f23c9aa76e@9netics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1cdcc4d258f6b65bb32d17f23c9aa76e@9netics.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 60d769b2-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 04:24:50AM -0700, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > > i think by now most of us expect new ornamentation added to C++ > periodically. it is surprising that this is being considered seriously > for C. > I'd like to say that my distate for C++ is purely technical, but to be honest, I'm not quite sure. I have the principle that, since a programming language aims to express clearly what you want to be done, if the author doesn't explane clearly his language, there is a problem. K&R is beautiful in this respect. In contrast, I never managed to bite in Stroustrup's description. But the whole story is that, during my childhood, there was the Muppet's. And a character was a swedish cook, whose name was almost impossible to pronounce, whose recipes were not understandable, and whose results were not engaging. And I fear that, behind the conscious, this has played a role... -- Thierry Laronde (Alceste) http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C