Re: Best language for low IQ programmers?

[jmburton@usenix.org (jmburton)]

> C++ is the best choice for dull programmers. The quality of your code will
> be indistinguishable from that of a the C++ guru.

Are you a troll?

In case if you are genuine, which I doubt, I disagree. Eiffel is a
better language for dull programmers. Since Eiffel is usually abandoned
before software goes into production, no one will ever have to deal
with the inevitable bugs left by sloppy Eiffel programmers.
Plus, poor performance due to bad algorithms designed by poorly
educated programmers can be excused by the natural slowness of Eiffel
(garbage collection instead of efficient on-demand memory allocation
and deallocation).

You have to know C++ anyway, as Eiffel is merely a front end to C++
(it is compiled into C++, not native code), and requires external calls
to C++ for anything useful like OS services.

I studied Eiffel in college and have a buddy who used to program in
that sad pathetic language, so I do know what I am talking about.
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