From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id CAA23935; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 02:07:41 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA24087 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 02:07:40 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from apakabar.cc.columbia.edu (apakabar.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.59.159]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g9J07dD22056 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 02:07:39 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from there (tw304h3.cpmc.columbia.edu [156.111.84.180]) by apakabar.cc.columbia.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA20942; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:07:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200210190007.UAA20942@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Oleg To: olczyk@interaccess.com Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: "ocaml_beginners"::[] Is Caml a fraud ( especially on Windows )? Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:08:15 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: caml-list@inria.fr References: <20021018114455.82690.qmail@web13202.mail.yahoo.com> <3db242ea.937096156@smtp.interaccess.com> In-Reply-To: <3db242ea.937096156@smtp.interaccess.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Friday 18 October 2002 03:03 pm, Thaddeus L. Olczyk wrote: > >Stroustup prefers C++ to any other language for most > >tasks, Ritchie said that if he was only allowed to > >keep one language on a desert island, it will be C, > >etc. > > And Pierre  Weis says that I shouldn't call people liars, but when > I see a post like this... > > There is a big difference between saying " if I could only use one > language it would be C", and saying "C is the best language". > > Stroustrup has said  and continues to say that he refuses to get > into the debate about what the best language is. Last I looked it > was the stated on the FAQ on his web page. The fact that he "refuses to get into the debate" does not mean he has no clear language preferences. Common sense suggests that he uses C++ for at least 51% of his programming. BTW, good luck with your quest to find your favorite language. It would be nice though if you didn't cross-post discussions started on one list to another, no matter how all-important your replies may seem to you. Oleg ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners