On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Benjamin L. Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:08:06 +0200, Achim Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >What kind of things, barring coding on Haskell-less platforms and > >library interfaces would you choose to do in C++? > > > >I'm asking 'cos I'm learning C++ and can't get the proper motivation to > >do any program I can think of in it: If I need abstraction, I'm > >thinking Haskell or Scheme, and if I'm thinking performance, C itself > >more than suffices. > > > >Plus template programming makes me shudder because of its atrocities > >against clear and straightforward FP, but that's a different matter. > > > >Coming to think of it, a compiler from a clean syntax to C++ templates > >sounds like a fun project... which I'd do in Haskell. > > Read the following uncensored interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the > designer of C++, and then tell me what you think: > > An Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup > http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/An_Interview_with_Bjarne_Stroustrup.html > I'm pretty sure that "interview" is a fake one. > > -- Benjamin L. Russell > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >
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