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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: gscase@tpgi.com.au (Sean Case) Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ? Date: 1997/01/26 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 212378432 references: <32D11FD3.41C6@wi.leidenuniv.nl> organization: Not very newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.object,comp.software-eng Date: 1997-01-26T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article , bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup) wrote: >I think that if C++ was as hard to understand and use as some people claim, >it would have failed to become popular in the first place and would have >vanished under the continuous barrage of fair and unfair criticism - despite >its (eventual) popularity. and also >I have often found myself wondering if the C++ wouldn't have been much better >for all concered had there (just) been two dozen good C++ books instead of >the 400+ books that mostly fail to teach the basic principles and mostly >lead students and programmers astray. So, C++ must be easy to learn, or else there wouldn't be hundreds of books about it by people who don't understand it properly. Or, to put it another way, C++ looks easy to learn, but has hidden pitfalls that bedevil even those who write books on the subject. Sean Case --------------------------------------------- Sean Case gscase@tpgi.com.au Code is an illusion. Only assertions are real.