On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:07:51 +0200, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote:
"Paulo Pinto" <pj...@progtools.org> wrote in message
news:jb93uf$2eq5$1...@digitalmars.com...
Recently I tried to call for attention to our local team that alongside
JVM and .Net projects, we could tackle some C++. I even gave WinRT,
iPhone, Facebook's PHP->C++ compiler, Qt and Android NDK as examples.
The guy's response was 'Oh I though C++ was no longer relevant', and the
matter was closed.
Oh my god. That's genuinely disturbing to think that such enormously
ignorant people are out there in the dev world. Our field really *has*
turned into the fasion industry. :(
Don't loose hope!
There are also those that resisted C to C++ transition, the reason was
that the transition is not able sustain itself.
It didn't solve the many problems C facing and came with its baggage of
problems. You can argue about their concern but,
IMO time proved them right.
I was late to that transition and when i started, i started with C++ and
stuck there since. The reason is the exact same reason C programmers was
stuck with C.
There was/is NO other language able to fill their shoes.
Now you can pick one of three:
. Do nothing at all by using existing languages.
. Do what C++ did and cut the community by two.
. Do what C++ tried, but do it right. Don't inherit the predecessors
problems. Come with facts rather than fiction.
You can find tons of resources to why C developers acted the way they did.
You don't necessarily see only Linus and his co beating a newbie, there
are resources where you actually find pretty solid arguments.
