In article <20090903120157.ga1...@polynum.com>, <tlaro...@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.
Ok, now I'll get provocative: Then why do so many people have a problem understanding C? Please don't seriously say they don't. In fact, these same arguments are used against C by those who don't care for C. Go figure? I think not. >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... That's good, because he's from Denmark :) Let's drop this part of things... -- Greg Comeau / 4.3.10.1 with C++0xisms now in beta! Comeau C/C++ ONLINE ==> http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout World Class Compilers: Breathtaking C++, Amazing C99, Fabulous C90. Comeau C/C++ with Dinkumware's Libraries... Have you tried it?
