On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 02:02:49PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Gary Kline on Sunday, 14 November 2010: > > > > > > Just about the whole Murray Hill gang stopped by Cray > > (in Chippewa Falls), late 80's, and I remember asking Dennis > > what the deal was with "C++"; I remember him dodging the > > thing. Whoever-invented-C++ did a convoluted job, i s my > > opinion. It might be nice to add classes to C, but that's > > about it. > > > The inventor of C++ is Bjarne Stroustrop. I had the chance opportunity > to sit down at a table with him and have a conversation prior to an SD > West conference several years ago. He's a nice guy, with a great sense > of humor -- but even he admits "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the > foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off." > http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bjarne_Stroustrup
There's always the theory that Bjarne Stroustrup actually meant C++ as a
joke:
http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/I_did_it_for_you_all
It's generally regarded as a hoax, and there is an actually published
interview that corresponds with this time period in IEEE's Computer
Magazine that reads quite differently from this. Still . . . if this is
real, it would certainly explain a lot.
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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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