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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
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- From: bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup <9758-26353> 0112760)
- Subject: Re: Java closer to Modula-3 than to C++
- Message-ID: <DnpzGq.JIJ@research.att.com>
- Organization: Info. Sci. Div., AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
- References: <31308FE2.167E@sophia.inria.fr> <4h7n40$7mn@hermes.oanet.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 01:43:38 GMT
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- rdstrac@ycs.ab.ca (Roy D. Strachan) writes
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- > Frederic Devernay <Frederic.Devernay@sophia.inria.fr> wrote:
- > >[ stuff deleted ]
- > > (I still can't understand
- > >where C++ gets its success from...).
- >
- > Directly from C. A few misguided companies, probably the most
- > noticeable being Borland, closed their eyes and jumped feet first onto
- > the OOP and C++ bandwagon. Once there they had to defend their
- > position (and investment). How did they do that? They fell back on a
- > technique that Hitler perfected; "If you tell a big enough lie, often
- > enough..." Listen closely, you can still hear it ringing (C++ is
- > better, C++ is better). Horse puckey! Every time C has been
- > "improved" the compilers have become fatter and slower with the
- > uncanny ability to produce executables that are also fatter and
- > slower. What a concept; dare I say genius??
-
- For a few historical facts and a lot of technical information, see
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- Bjarne Stroustrup:
- The Design and Evolution of C++
- Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-54330-3
-
- > ...
-
- > What thinkest thou??
-
- That people ought to bend over backwards to keep net discussions
- courteous and factual.
-
- - Bjarne
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