On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Walter Bright wrote: > On 1/12/2012 2:02 PM, jdrewsen wrote: > > Map of C++ > > > > http://herbsutter.com/2012/01/10/map-of-c/ > > > "When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build > a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It sank > into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built > a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth > one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle > in all of England^H^H^H^H^H C++."
Bah.. it's not the 4th castle that's strong, it's the pile of castles underneath that are holding it up that are strong. :) Driving bunch of piles into the ground first woulda been a lot cheaper and easier. Misapplication of evolution? Or maybe misapplication of correlation vs causation? Or maybe me just not having a sense of humor right now? Turtles, all the way down...
