aidan wrote: > Three things: > > 1. C is /still/ the most used programming language, for god only knows > what reason, and you don't get muhch lower level than semi-portable > asm.
>From what I can see here C++ seems unduly popular for writing GUI apps. Leaving aside the issues related to that particular language, the development environments for OO systems can lead to a lot of redundancy in the package. Particularly when using standard widget sets. ISR Donald Knuth had a lot to say on the subject a few years ago. On the other hand, I agree that there are a lot of issues with the quality of coding these days - is IT too accessible? If I were really cynical I could point out that it ties the user into hardware-OS-application upgrade spirals. But I'm not. So I won't. Colin _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
