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- From: dbell@shvn.com (Doug Bell)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.java,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk
- Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 01:25:19 -0700
- Organization: FTL Games
- Message-ID: <dbell-1104960125190001@wholder2.cts.com>
- References: <31682FFE.2781E494@bbn.com> <DpJyGG.FKK@hkuxb.hku.hk> <denatale-1004960822260001@grail1506.nando.net>
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- In article <denatale-1004960822260001@grail1506.nando.net>,
- denatale@nando.net (Rick DeNatale) wrote:
-
- > AHHH! You see, there are lots of professional programmers (probably most)
- > who really love being able to play for 'countless hours' playing with
- > pointers and stuff. I'm a computer science graduate, and I used to love
- > programming for the sake of programming. Fortunately or unfortunately, I
- > outgrew that stage of my childhood.
- >
- > [lot's of condescending nonsense removed]
- >
- > That's why I'm a Smalltalk programmer! A proudly professional, computer
- > science degree carrying, well-paid, respected in the circles which I care
- > about, Smalltalk Programmer.
- >
- > [more condescending stuff removed]
- >
- > --
- > Rick DeNatale
- > Still looking for a cool signature ;-)
-
- What are those circles which you care about? Probably the one's who's
- members who spend 'countless hours' theorizing about why all those
- programmers using sticks and rocks (e.g. assembly, C, C++, insert any
- widely adopted language here), rather than those using the elegant and
- refined tools of the sophisticates (e.g. Smalltalk, Lisp, Prolog, insert
- any language rarely used for commercial applications here) ARE PRODUCING
- ALL THE PRODUCTS!
-
- Not that I have anything against those languages that explore new
- programming paradigms--they serve their purpose. But I get real tired of
- their proponents riding around on their high horses looking down on the
- unwashed masses and shaking their heads as if we're the cause of all the
- problems in software development. If those other languages had all the
- answers, then we'd know because they'd be behind the great and successful
- products, which they rarely ever are.
-
- Doug Bell
- dbell@shvn.com
-