Joel Rees wrote:
On 12/23/11, David Christensen<dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
Someone wrote:
I am like you and wrote most of my C++ during the
early years of the language. I used the AT&T Cfront version 1.2
compiler for years. Always on Unix machines and never on Windows.
I have become disillusioned with the new C++ that has the kitchen sink
in it. It has become the new ADA.
Is ADA evil?
Don't you mean the new PL1? :-)
Re. Ada: Surprisingly, after everyone thoroughly ignored the DoD mandate
to use Ada, it's had some ongoing success as a language for mission- and
safety-critical systems.
On a more general note: for "advanced application" (as the subject
focuses on), and assuming that "advanced" translates to "complicated" -
there's a lot to be said for application-specific languages - otherwise
there's way to much cognitive pain involved in translating to/from
problem domain to/from low-level constructs a la c, java, ..... ---
e.g., for mathematical manipulation, give me MATLAB or MACSYMA over c,
any day of the week
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
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