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- From: bs@alice.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: IS C++ a language for the "average programmer"
- Message-ID: <24411@alice.att.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 13:32:15 GMT
- Article-I.D.: alice.24411
- References: <1992Dec12.234407.15044@ennews.eas.asu.edu> <1992Dec14.220924.22400@microsoft.com>
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- jimad@microsoft.com (Jim Adcock @ Microsoft Corporation) writes
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- > C++ is not a goal in itself, but rather a tool to be used in
- > achieving other, meaningful, goals.
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- Well said and a point well worth remembering. Programming languages are
- (just?) tools for writing programs and should not be the major interest
- for the vast majority of programmers.
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