Also, also, it was Gorka rather than Bakul who called me out for being
rude, so apologies to both.
But this is my favourite section from Herr Stroustrup's book - from
Section C.13.5 - although the following section (C.13.6 Template as a
Qualifier) is also good for a laugh. Right, I'll shut up and
> Been trying to read through this thread through the day and well I think
> the absurdity of your claim pretty much sums up a large portion of the
> thread, unfortunately. Ay Caramba indeed :(
>
Hey, I haven't really been following this thread either. I have a day
job, and was just channeling my
> Are operating systems written in C for it's technical merits or because
> it is industry standard practice?
Neither: pragmatism. The language and Unix grew up together, teaching
each other many tricks.
++L
Em 23/11/2012 08:21, dexen deVries escreveu:
> C++ for the assembly-line-style game development [1] is choosen as PHB's safe
> bet -- a.k.a. ``industry's stadard practice'' -- and not on technical
> merits.
> cue picture of Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame).
Are operating systems written in C for
On Friday 23 of November 2012 10:47:09 Gorka Guardiola wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Winston Kodogo wrote:
> > But, let the record show, C++ has been scientifically shown to be an
> > unbelievably crap and monstrously complex language, even though I earn
> > my daily bread by using it
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Winston Kodogo wrote:
>
> But, let the record show, C++ has been scientifically shown to be an
> unbelievably crap and monstrously complex language, even though I earn
> my daily bread by using it. I was a contemporary of Dr Stroustrup when
> he was spending his t
On 11/22/2012 10:52 PM, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote:
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 05:18:03PM +, Charles Forsyth wrote:
Yes, that would be silly. You need only the screwdriver, provided it's sonic,
but I suppose that just emphasises your point about tools.
You did not get the big picture: the sc
