On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:13 AM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org> wrote:
> > I'm fine with C (which I use a lot), and I love Java, JVM and all. I'm > satisfied with a wide variety of scripting languages. Although it's not > chic, I even like Fortran for certain uses. But I hate C++. > > As for a link, the C++ Frequently Questioned Answers > <http://yosefk.com/c++fqa/> helped me crystallize some of my previously > less-focused distaste for C++. > Whenever I hear programmers argue about the merits and failings of different programming languages I remember this old joke: "At the beginning of the week, we sealed ten BSD programmers into a computer room with a single distribution of BSD Unix. Upon opening the room after seven days, we found all ten programmers dead, clutching each others' throats, and thirteen new flavors of BSD." There's a reason there are dozens (hundreds?) of general purpose programming languages - people can't agree on which is the best tool for a job. Using C++ as the underlying language won't be the end of the world. :) Jeffrey. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAMvPdm2bJdSH8ZamhcdXncoYK5tgMRyHD-3pJVTLhC%2BYwcbjow%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
