On 2007-05-11, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/An_Interview_with_Bjarne_Stroustrup.html
>>
>> Maybe BS thought he was joking, but IMO, it's true.
>>
>> "Stroustrup: Remember the length of the average-sized 'C'
>> project? About 6 months. Not nearly long enough for a guy
>> with a wife and kids to earn enough to have a decent
>> standard of living. Take the same project, design it in C++
>> and what do you get? I'll tell you. One to two years."
>>
>
> I doubt very much that BS was involved at any point in writing it. You
> forgot to quote the bit at the end:
>
> [Note - for the humor-impaired, not a true story]
My bad. I completely missed that -- I thought it was a real
interview where BS was joking.
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