From: Jon S Anthony <jsa@synquiry.com>
Subject: Re: The Next Microsoft?
Date: 2000/05/05
Date: 2000-05-05T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <39133389.184@synquiry.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: t7n1m4bve7.fsf@calumny.jyacc.com
Hyman Rosen wrote:
>
> Jon S Anthony <jsa@synquiry.com> writes:
> > Stepenov's arguments for this have never made the least bit of sense.
> > The whole of STL (imo) is wrongheaded from top to bottom and the
> > template stuff in support shows an equal incompetence.
>
> You are entitled to this opinion, but it is wrong. The design of STL is
Which, of course, is just your opinion. There are many reasons why I
hold my opinion, but I am not going to go into them here.
> supremely elegant. Not only does it give immense expressive power with
> simple syntax,
Here we are in complete disagreement. This is some of the ugliest and
convoluted stuff ever put forward.
> properly. Ada has nothing like it, since it is missing automatic
> instantiation of generics.
So? I am not in any sense arguing for Ada here. If I was arguing for
something in this context, I would be pointing you at Common Lisp.
/Jon
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Jon Anthony
Synquiry Technologies, Ltd. Belmont, MA 02478, 617.484.3383
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2000-05-05 0:00 ` The Next Microsoft? Ray Blaak
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Bobby D. Bryant
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Mark Atwood
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Ayende Rahien
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Mark Atwood
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Bill Greene
2000-05-06 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
2000-05-07 0:00 ` STL, Ada, C++ (Was Re: The Next Microsoft?) Brian Rogoff
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-07 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
2000-05-09 0:00 ` STL, Ada, C++ Harry Erwin
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-09 0:00 ` STL, Ada, C++ (Was Re: The Next Microsoft?) Marin D. Condic
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-05-08 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-05-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony [this message]
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