On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:13 AM, jcbollinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm fine with C (which I use a lot), and I love Java, JVM and all. I'm > satisfied with a wide variety of scripting languages. Although it's not > chic, I even like Fortran for certain uses. But I hate C++. > > As for a link, the C++ Frequently Questioned Answers > <http://yosefk.com/c++fqa/> helped me crystallize some of my previously > less-focused distaste for C++. > Whenever I hear programmers argue about the merits and failings of different programming languages I remember this old joke: "At the beginning of the week, we sealed ten BSD programmers into a computer room with a single distribution of BSD Unix. Upon opening the room after seven days, we found all ten programmers dead, clutching each others' throats, and thirteen new flavors of BSD." There's a reason there are dozens (hundreds?) of general purpose programming languages - people can't agree on which is the best tool for a job. Using C++ as the underlying language won't be the end of the world. :) Jeffrey. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAMvPdm2bJdSH8ZamhcdXncoYK5tgMRyHD-3pJVTLhC%2BYwcbjow%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
