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- From: "Terje A. Bergesen" <terje@mail.inett.no>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:28:01 +0100
- Organization: Bergesen Data
- Message-ID: <3108C8D1.6624@mail.inett.no>
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- Michael Judge wrote:
- >
- > In <4e9oji$me5@news-2.csn.net> charles stoyer <cstoyer@interpex.com>
- > writes:
- > >
- > >BASIC stands for "Beginners All-purpose ? Interpretive Code"
- > >and that scares the living hell out of me. I have been a
- > >FORTRAN programmer for about 25 years, and have had Visual C++
- > >(with Fortran Power Station) for 2 weeks. C++ is a real
- > >language. I would go that route (well, I am going that route).
- > >The Wizard does most of the coding for you. Debug tools are
- > >great.
- > >
- > >Depends on what you want to do: "speed costs, son, how fast do
- > >you wanna go?"
- > >
- >
- > Also remember, C++ makes good programers great, but makes poor
- > programmers hell spawn. Don't think object orientation cant be misused.
-
- I think Bjarne Stroustrup once said something like (comparing C an dC++):
- "C++ makes it more difficult to shoot your selfe in the foot, but when you
- do, it takes your whole leg off."
-
-
- ---Terje
-