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: 10a146,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: f645d,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidf645d,public X-Google-Thread: 10611e,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10611e,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-08 13:54:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!wormhole.dimensional.com!flatland.dimensional.com!not-for-mail From: jtc@dimensional.com (Jim Cochrane) Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.object,nyc.food,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.object Subject: Re: Best language for low IQ programmers? Organization: Dimensional Communications Message-ID: <9seut1$hap@flatland.dimensional.com> References: <1005188797788841@usenix.org> Date: 8 Nov 2001 14:53:37 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.124.0.24 X-Trace: wormhole.dimensional.com 1005256444 206.124.0.24 (Thu, 08 Nov 2001 14:54:04 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 14:54:04 MST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.basic.visual:10773 comp.lang.c++:102818 comp.lang.java.programmer:108813 comp.object:24360 nyc.food:2047 comp.lang.eiffel:4866 comp.lang.ada:16101 comp.lang.perl.misc:77545 Date: 2001-11-08T14:53:37-07:00 List-Id: Don't feed the trolls, Eirik - or the trolls responding to trolls ... :-) In article , Eirik Mangseth wrote: > >"jmburton" wrote in message >news:1005188797788841@usenix.org... >> > 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. Eiffel is a >> better language for dull programmers. Since Eiffel is usually abandoned >> before software goes into production, no one will ever have to deal >> with the inevitable bugs left by sloppy Eiffel programmers. >> Plus, poor performance due to bad algorithms designed by poorly >> educated programmers can be excused by the natural slowness of Eiffel >> (garbage collection instead of efficient on-demand memory allocation >> and deallocation). >> >> You have to know C++ anyway, as Eiffel is merely a front end to C++ >> (it is compiled into C++, not native code), and requires external calls >> to C++ for anything useful like OS services. >> >> I studied Eiffel in college and have a buddy who used to program in >> that sad pathetic language, so I do know what I am talking about. > >And pigs will fly. > >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> J M Burton >> FreeBSD Consulting & Security Administration >> * * * This is a .sig virus. Copy it into your .sig to propagate. * * * >> > >-- eirik > >"If I can't Eiffel in heaven, I won't go" > > > -- Jim Cochrane jtc@dimensional.com [When responding by email, include the term non-spam in the subject line to get through my spam filter.]