From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:47:46 +0100 From: tlaronde@polynum.com To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <20121122154746.GA2239@polynum.com> References: <2522920406.enqueue@as-laptop> <0031c5cf57e92ce48e169455b02639be@quintile.net> <8oqsn9xcur.ln2@news.homelinux.net> <3ebf4304d1a080d803608453b2dd8981@kw.quanstro.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] c++ Topicbox-Message-UUID: e0ebdab4-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 03:54:11PM +0100, Hugo Rivera wrote: > > Of course, it depends on the problem considered. But I think the big > problems in the world have little to do with programming languages, > particularly c++, which is the topic at hand. But you are wrong... There are numerous big and desastrous problems caused because of the inteconnections, the almost instantaneous and worldwide speculation, not to count instantaneous and worldwide bugs, all linked to programming. This is not "butterfly's wings" in Far East that can cause a earthquake in Occident, but a software bug in something used or relied upon everywhere... -- Thierry Laronde http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C