Re: C++ usage (was Re: ada and robots)

[cwr@cts.com (Will Rose)]

Jon S Anthony (jsa@alexandria.organon.com) wrote:
[...]
: Simply that there are even simple management/economic reasons why C++
: is not a rational choice.  The really odd thing is that IME I've seen
: people actually admit this was true (that an alternative would
: actually make more sense all around), but then choose C++ anyway
: "because that is what is being used in the industry".  That's
: basically irrational.

No, it's not - it's a reasonable risk-aversive strategy.  They aren't
looking for an enormous success, but seek to avert major failure.  Since
"everybody uses C++" it must be useable, and since "everbody uses C++"
they won't be blamed for chosing it.  So "everybody uses C++".

(You can change C++ to 'Microsoft NT' in the above paragraph, and still
a correct statement.  The current popularity of Java is probably fashion,
a slightly different force, but in a year or two Java will probably also
be received wisdom.)

Will
cwr@crash.cts.com