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- From: rkielty@drlove.ilo.dec.com (Robert Kielty)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Moving from C to C++
- Date: 31 Jan 1996 13:36:18 GMT
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Marlboro, MA
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- In article <JSA.96Jan29134029@organon.com>,
- jsa@organon.com (Jon S Anthony) writes:
- >In article <4edolu$r53@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> JEThomas@ix.netcom.com (Jonah Thomas) writes:
- >
- snip snip...
- >> C++ has a tremendous advantage when scheduling speed is required.
- >> Suppose you're managing a shell of a company and you get a big government
- >> software contract on November 1. If you choose C++ you can call the
- >> recruiters and by November 10 have 250 coders at their desks coding, with
- >> experienced C++ project managers writing specifications to match the
- >
- >Where's the ":-)"? I get a contract on day x and day x+10 I have a wodge
- >of C++ "coders" hacking out the "program". That sounds about like what one
- >would expect from the infamous "C/C++ mentality". 1/2 :-)
- >
-
- Good point, I think Jonah did really well to interview 250 people,
- make 250 job offers, and proccess the acceptances and get all the
- office space and hardware sorted (remember thats 250 desks and
- workstations) in ten days! Somebody call Guinness! Fair play to ye!
-
- In fairness, Jonah's point is valid minus the hyperbole.
- In choosing any one technology over another one must
- consider the availability of people who can handle the
- technology.
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