On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:18:57 -0600, "Michael L Torrie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 12:47 -0700, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > > > Try to hire a C++ developer under 30 some time. > > Should have marked this as off-topic some time ago. My apologies. > > Any good programmer should be able to adapt to any language given him.
An oft-repeated maxim, but only partly true. Or, rather, only part _of the truth._ The other part is, it takes time to become truly proficient in any language worth learning. But this is irrelevant to my point that C++ ceased to be teh hotness with the up-and-coming generation some time ago. > We've been through this before. The consensus was that much more > vertical market and in-house code is written than software that is > actually released for consumers. And of that software, yes, Java is > used more than any other language. But of the software that is visible, > that consumers work with everyday, C++ still is very widely used. Maintenance of legacy code bases isn't exactly proof positive of a language's vitality. -Jonathan -- C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. --Scott McKay /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
