Hallöchen! Cliff Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 09:45 +0200, Torsten Bronger wrote: > >> Yes, this is what I meant with "legacy code". C and C++ are >> actually special-purpose. They are good for controlling a >> computer but not for implementing an idea. Their current >> vitality on almost all software areas arise from the fact that >> they had been extremely successful before Java, C#, and VB came >> into play. > > Unfortunately your assertion is patently false. C and C++ are > very much general-purpose languages. This is true in the sense that you can realise an arbitrary program with them, and you can use the full power of the computer. But in my opinion the era of such programming is over. Already today but even more in the future programs of all kind are coded in the higher-level languages (including VC++), limiting C(++) to the field of system programming. Probably quibbling, but this is how I meant it. Tschö, Torsten. -- Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
