From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: From: Brantley Coile To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <20090903120157.GA1649@polynum.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 05:06:12 -0700 References: <1cdcc4d258f6b65bb32d17f23c9aa76e@9netics.com> <20090903120157.GA1649@polynum.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 60dd4c56-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 If the language can't be explained in 50 pages, it's no good. On Sep 3, 2009, at 5:01 AM, tlaronde@polynum.com wrote: > 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 > >