On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:08:40 -0600, "Hans Fugal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 at 10:05 -0700, Jonathan Ellis wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:02:38 -0600, "Levi Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > C++ has something of the TMTOWTDI philosophy as well. > > > > Yes. That's a large reason why most companies (outside of the obvious > > specialized areas) have been moving away from C++ for years. > > ... to Java and other OO languages who also provide the very TMTOWTDI > points that Levi mentioned
Er, no. A primary design goal of Java, that was largely delivered on, was to be more orthogonal (i.e., have Less Ways To Do It) than C++. > (e.g. polymorphism)? Uh, polymorphism is a code-reuse mechanism, and an excellent example of how Java stripped away other things from C++ to leave a single way to accomplish things. -Jonathan .-----------------------------------. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `-----------------------------------'
