From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-08 03:48:47 PST Message-ID: <3BEA7120.8A979611@gperkins.co.uk> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 11:48:48 +0000 From: Graham Perkins Organization: De Montfort University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en-gb] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.object Subject: Re: Best language for low IQ programmers? References: <1005188797788841@usenix.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 146.227.129.233 X-Trace: motown 1005220123 146.227.129.233 (8 Nov 2001 11:48:43 GMT) Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!server1.netnews.ja.net!motown Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.c++:102652 comp.lang.java.programmer:108649 comp.object:24315 comp.lang.eiffel:4863 comp.lang.ada:16054 comp.lang.perl.misc:77457 Date: 2001-11-08T11:48:48+00:00 List-Id: jmburton wrote: > > > 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. Lighten up! It was a joke! > Eiffel ... Now you say four false things (not controversial, actually FALSE): Garbage collection is inefficient Eiffel is front end for C++ Programmer has to know C++ to use Eiffel Eiffel programmer has to call C++ for anything useful like OS calls which makes us think YOU are a troll. Please, if you have some sensible questions to ask, about Eiffel and other technologies, don't spoil it by making assertions from a position of ignorance. -------------+ http:/www.gperkins.co.uk/