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
>
I'm sure I had my share of disasters with C++ hacking test code
, but OMG, the head banging was nothing compared to heavy C
coding in the early days. The number of segv's brings back
evil memories:-) That, and having to take a notebook and draw
out where you were [or _thought_ you were] pointing to.
--Things they can't teach very well in the classroom-- that sort
of stuff.
Great quote!
> >
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