On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 04:24:50AM -0700, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:
>
> i think by now most of us expect new ornamentation added to C++
> periodically. it is surprising that this is being considered seriously
> for C.
>
I'd like to say that my distate for C++ is purely technical, but to be
honest, I'm not quite sure.
I have the principle that, since a programming language aims to express
clearly what you want to be done, if the author doesn't explane clearly
his language, there is a problem.
K&R is beautiful in this respect. In contrast, I never managed to
bite in Stroustrup's description.
But the whole story is that, during my childhood, there was the
Muppet's. And a character was a swedish cook, whose name was almost
impossible to pronounce, whose recipes were not understandable, and
whose results were not engaging.
And I fear that, behind the conscious, this has played a role...
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