Re: [9fans] c++

[Christopher Nielsen <cnielsen@pobox.com>]

Exactly this, Dan. Thanks.

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Personally, I think that all of this language posturing is
> "geekier-than-thou" nonsense.
>
> Calling C++ or Java a disease?  Really?
> Suggesting that if you use one of those languages you're somehow mentally
> deficient?  Really?
> Suggesting someone change jobs because they're asked to program in C++?
> Really?
>
> In the big scheme of things, absolutely none of this matters.  Whether one
> programs in Java, C, Go, COBOL or 370 assembler doesn't really make any
> difference; one could die tomorrow, and would anyone care what language s/he
> programmed in?  really?  This world has bigger problems than that.
>
> Programming languages are tools; nothing more.  Use whichever one fits the
> problem at hand.  If you're the kind of person who geeks out on and enjoys
> playing around with new tools; the kind that appreciates the relative
> aesthetic quality of one versus the other, more power to you: but understand
> that trying to reformulate problems so that one can apply one's whizz-bang
> new shiny SuperHammer when the thing that comes out of parents' toolbox will
> do is just wasting time.
>
> I came across this recently, and it really resonated:
> http://www.lindsredding.com/2012/03/11/a-overdue-lesson-in-perspective/
>
>         - Dan C.
>
>



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