From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <2522920406.enqueue@as-laptop> <0031c5cf57e92ce48e169455b02639be@quintile.net> <8oqsn9xcur.ln2@news.homelinux.net> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:13:30 +0100 Message-ID: From: Hugo Rivera To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] c++ Topicbox-Message-UUID: e05ecd90-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Wow, C++ and Java in high school... We had nothing like that. Probably because I come from an underdeveloped country; but I don't know, maybe having nothing to learn is better than "learning" C++/Java. 2012/11/22 hiro <23hiro@gmail.com>: >> Me, OTOH, would like see Go go out of fashion ASAP; What's so special a >> C/C++ programmer can't do what she/he can do with Go? > > Looking at it from a theoretical educational view: > As someone who had to use java in school and C++ in high school I'm > sure my mental health would be in a better state if we had Go there. > C++ and java feel highly inconsistent and are full of stupid busywork > and strange programming philosophies that you have to "learn" about, > but teach you nothing. > -- Hugo