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From: ell@access.digex.net (Ell)
Subject: Re: Why C++ is successful
Date: 1998/07/29
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tmoran@bix.com (Tom Moran) wrote:

>>Are his friends computer science or software engineering majors? 
>Since they have just complete freshman year, no, they cannot yet be
>majors.

So freshman can not have upper class friends.  That's a new one.

>But some clearly plan to be.  I would hope any CS or SE major
>studies *several* substantially different  languages during his four
>years.

So what's the point of saying they currently haven't studied C++?

Elliott
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