Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-21 Thread Albert Graef
Stephen Sinclair wrote: Does anyone know any interesting and powerful languages that can be used just like C? That can link to C libraries, and can be compiled to native machine code, and can express the same low-level concepts as C, but in a more powerful and intuitive way? In short, does anyone

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-20 Thread Stephen Sinclair
I'm not so much a specific language fanboy as a languages fanboy. There are so many languages out there that are outside the C, C++, Java and C# bucket that offer features that people in the C/C++/Java/C# camp don't even know about. I agree... Programming languages are amazing tools... just as

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-20 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Paul Coccoli wrote: > You pretty much can't ever ask something about C++ without all the > haters coming out. C++ has more big ugly warts that any other language I can think of. > I've worked professionally using only C++ (and a little plain old C) > for 8 years, and the last 6 have been exclus

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-20 Thread carmen
> I've worked professionally using only C++ (and a little plain old C) > for 8 years, and the last 6 have been exclusively on Linux. Ocaml may > be programming nirvana, but it likely won't pay the bills huh? i see job posts every week on nyc craigslist $130-150K OCaml programmers for large inves

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-20 Thread Paul Coccoli
On 7/20/06, Loki Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/20/06, Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Loki Davison wrote: > > > There are quite a few c++ 'not fans' on LAD. C and python all the way ;) > > I used to be a Python fan but for anything larger than a couple > of hundred line