In article <f9e652d6-3945-4c18-92f3-b85b994fe...@k8g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, Peter <peter.milli...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Aug 3, 7:42=A0am, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> On 02/08/2010 00:08, candide wrote: >> >> I can't understand why any serious programmer mentions C++. As soon as I >> read it, I have to rush either to the kitchen to find a bowl to throw up >> in, or head for the toilet so I can talk to the great white telephone. > >With you there Mark - IMO C++ is an abortion that should never have >seen the light of day. The idea of experimenting with creating an OO >language by extending C wasn't such a bad idea for a "play thing" (by >Stroustrop) but the fact that it somehow escaped from the Lab and >people picked it up and ran with it on a commercial basis is just >plain wrong!
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