Tyler Littlefield wrote: > yeah. I'm going to learn it because the industry demands it. I was just > making a joke at the cost of java. >
I was only half serious. The languages are different and this is a good thing, because they serve different purposes. That being said, I think every once in a while it is a good thing to shake things up a little and advance the technology a few years. C++ is still living in the early 90s in a lot of ways. Every time I use it I find myself wishing it could do things other languages do better, despite being a strong language on its own (also, most other languages are themselves written in C or C++). I think Thomas was the one who said the standards committee is the primary obstacle to progress with C++, literally giving all the good ideas a death by committee (sort of like Congress). This is partially why Java has been able to grow, because while it certainly has its steering committee, it is controlled by one corporation with public comments and contributions. Instead of having a multitude of corporations and interested parties bickering, you just have a bunch of people bickering who ultimately have their paycheck signed by the same person. -- John Gaughan http://www.jtgprogramming.org/
