Re: Bye, bye?

[Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org>]

Jeffrey Carter wrote:
> If you like perl, how can you possibly object to C++?

I didn't say I _like_ perl, I said it's not bad.

To tell the truth, the reasons for my objection to C++
(some of them) might apply to perl, too.  But I never
made the pronouncement about perl that I made about C++.
:-)

Actually, perl does have some safety features that C++
had to forego due to the baggage it inherited from C.

Sometimes, reading a perl book, I am surprised that it's
able to do something Ada-like (though not as pretty to
Ada-accustomed eyes).

Other times, I am amazed at how many versions of perl
have stubbornly refused to incorporate anything resembling
a case (switch) statement.  Though rumors are they're
giving in to that in version 6.

-- 
Wes Groleau

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