[ale] Language Jihad!

[Wandered Inn]

Casey Allen Shobe wrote:
> 
> > > I realize that I'm in the minority in thinking that C++ is junk that
> > > should be vaporized when the powers that be also vaporize other evil such
> > > as M$.
> >
> > 80% of the code I write is C++, and I'd have to second that opinion >-]
> 
> I am curious why all the disgruntlement with C++ exists, as I haven't really
> seen such before.  What do you guys think is better than C++?  I was
> considering learning C++ better (I only know a very very little), primarily
> because all of KDE2 is written in it, but if not C++, then what's worth
> learning?  And what's wrong with C++?

It's a lot like Communism, the theory makes sense, in practice it does
not work.

Please, no political comments.

To do C++ right, requires a huge amount of setup.  It's worse than
cobol.  You've got to create all your classes properly.  Now, to take
advantage of this, you must reuse code.

No one writes C++ properly, no one reuses code.  Personal experience.

What do I think is better than C++?  I prefer C.  I use other languages
as well, but when it comes to the things I'd write in C++, I'd use C.

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