From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:32:08 +1300 Message-ID: From: Winston Kodogo To: 9fans@9fans.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: [9fans] C++ Topicbox-Message-UUID: e433f288-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Ay, Curamba! This discussion is exactly why we need Boyd. But, let the record show, C++ has been scientifically shown to be an unbelievably crap and monstrously complex language, even though I earn my daily bread by using it. I was a contemporary of Dr Stroustrup when he was spending his time dragging the Cambridge mainframe to its knees using the Simula compiler - the kindest description I ever heard from friends in the computer lab was "stubborn"- and occasionally, ok frequently, or indeed always, am tempted to view C++ as his revenge on the world for pointing out that he doesn't have a clue how to program efficiently.