On 11/01/12 15:14, James Morris wrote: > > I used to write C++ also, but after reading some anti C++ propaganda > [ http://yosefk.com/c++fqa/defective.html ] I concluded it wasn't just > me being thick but in fact the language is a (vast) nightmare as well.
C++ is a horrible, horrible language. It takes everything that is good and useful about C and destroys it. But C++11 and Boost make it an expressive enough system. Apart from the fact that C's string and stream libraries are still more useful thirty years after C++ began. > Hopefully I'll get further than my poor efforts at learning Lisp. Lisp is beautiful. It's Magritte's armchair in code terms, but in a good way. Have you tried Practical Common Lisp? It's avaialable online: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
