Re: Meta-design

[Simon Cozens]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:22:35AM -0500, John Porter wrote:
> [C++]

> It's nearly as portable, 

Uhm. Is this actually true? C runs pretty much anywhere.

Are there any non-fragile implementations of C++ yet?

> nearly as fast,

Why have nearly as fast, when you can have as fast?

> and WAY WAY BETTER to code in.

And WAY WAY LESS FAMILIAR to most coders here, at a guess. 

C is a lingua franca. Let's try and deliberately *lower* the barrier of entry,
rather than forcing people to pole-vault.

That said, C++ does have *something* going for it.
Or at least, I suppose it must have.

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