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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:30:25 -0500
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On 2/16/2011 10:41 PM, Mike Sieweke wrote:
> You should read Ian Joyner's critique:
> http://www.zechweb.de/Joyners_cpp_critique/

"C++ is bad because it isn't Eiffel."

> You should also read the C++ FQA (frequently questioned answers)
> by Yossi Kreinin:
> http://www.yosefk.com/c++fqa/index.html

"C++ is bad because it isn't Java."

> Do a Google search for "dark side of C++" and you'll find
> even more.  This one seems especially interesting:
> http://port70.net/~nsz/16_c++.html

"C++ is bad because it's C" (OK, not entirely, but I wanted
to keep up the pattern :-) Actually, this last one has:

     Paul Graham (2001)
     [..] Historically, languages designed for other people to
     use have been bad: Cobol, PL/I, Pascal, Ada, C++. The good
     languages have been those that were designed for their own
     creators: C, Perl, Smalltalk, Lisp. [..]