[ale] Language Jihad!

[Joseph A. Knapka]

Leonard Thornton wrote:
> 
> At 05:10 PM 7/16/2001 -0400, Wandered Inn wrote:
> 
> >I would challenge anyone to disagree that the learning curve for C++ is
> >much larger than the learning curve for C.
> 
> So is the learning curve for Assembler over C.  Your point?

Perhaps, that there are languages with most of the advantages
of C++ wrt program organization, that have much shallower
learning curves. Python, Objective-C (so I hear), Java.

For large embedded or real-time systems (which is where I
use it), C++ can be a really good thing, if you have
people who know enough to keep the language pointed
away from their feet. For most other stuff, I try to avoid
it.

I can always use C++ (or C) for the low-level bits,
and something sensible like Python for the UI and gluing
logic.

MHO, as always.

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