Hi
> After getting convinced to try JSTL, I learned the following things:
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Having read points 1-6, I thought, there must be a truth in your remarks. (I did'nt use JSTL or EL yet, but I am about to try.)
But then I got to:
> Why was C++ invented? To give programmers jobs. No other reason whatsoever, C does whatever C++ does just as good, and better.
At that point, you just showed to be very closed-minded.
(C++ does have an accurate object model, which improves a lot. Yes, you can
do similar things with macros, but cumbersomely. From your point of view, go
ahead and programm assembly code. Believe me, it dies whatever C does just
as good, and better.)
I am inclined to agree but not for the same blanket reasons. I have worked on 2 very large C++ projects 30+ developers. And I did with another company the same thing with C and Java with 7 people in 1/4 the time. I have never touched C++ since. Why if you realise you made a design booboo (As I am sure I am not the only one)and it has to be changed ripping C++ apart is a more difficult than Java. I know you can say thats down to good OO design but really in todays practical terms OO design is low on the priority of getting a product out the door. I have changed my doctrine to using small C files (less than 1000line) as drivers and then do all the business modelling in Java. A system becomes monolithic very quickly unless you are prepared to rip it apart and put it back together even before tomorrows deadline. Thats why I cannot see myself using C++ again because its too hard keep dependencies segregated and the number of layers while trying to do so increases. And developers becomes scared of changing anything.
Do you think my argumenr is fundamentally flawed?
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