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- From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller)
- Subject: Re: IS C++ a language for the "average programmer"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.185511.13836@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- References: <1992Dec12.234407.15044@ennews.eas.asu.edu> <rmartin.724431509@thor> <1992Dec16.211812.13386@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:55:11 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.211812.13386@microsoft.com> pauljo@microsoft.com (Paul Johns) writes:
- >
- >But none of us would return to programming by flipping front
- >panel switches....
- >
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- What do you mean "return"? I still have to flip my PC's
- RESET switch quite regularly :-)
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- C++, like C, allows you to program close to the machine.
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