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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be15d160c99525ef,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-29 12:53:46 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news2.near.net!news.mathworks.com!mvb.saic.com!dayuc.dayton.saic.com!hopper.dayton.saic.com!jim_Hopper From: James Hopper Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: PC Week and C++ Date: 29 Dec 1994 18:33:37 GMT Organization: SAIC Distribution: world Message-ID: <3duve1$25q@dayuc.dayton.saic.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hopper.dayton.saic.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Nuntius 1.3b21_PPC X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Thu, 29 Dec 1994 13:33:14 GMT Date: 1994-12-29T18:33:37+00:00 List-Id: thought this group would find this interesting. We might want to work next year to make Ada9x the language of the year! jim In PC week the Year in Review under section "Biggest Letdowns of the Year" The C++ Programming Language "With syntax so chaotic that even compilers have to guess at it, C++ code had better be reusable, because no one will ever want to reverse-engineer it. The programming language's "feature" - being a superset of C- is a fundamental bug. With numerous large projects being written in already obsolete dialects, C++ is arguably an "instant legacy" language." Oh I can't resist ;-) their product of the year was.... [ remember this is a PC only mag] Mac OS 7.5!! "Proving over time that Apple was right in 1984, Mac OS 7.5 maintains the overall edge in friendly usability that makes Macintosh users wonder why anyone would even think of using anything else."