* Re: interesting thread on comp.edu
@ 1993-05-27 16:12 agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.ed
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From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.ed @ 1993-05-27 16:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article 11713@seas.gwu.edu, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:
>
>A comment was made that a language should provide unsage stuff, but with
^^^^^^
>safe alternatives, and done in a way so as to be sure that programmers
>know they are using the unsafe stuff. The poster said that C++ is
>"evolving" in this direction. I resisted the temptation to say how
>delighted I was that C++ is finally evolving, in this area, to where
>Ada was 10 years ago.
Do I detect something Freudian here? ;)
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* Re: interesting thread on comp.edu
@ 1993-05-28 1:31 Michael Feldman
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From: Michael Feldman @ 1993-05-28 1:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
In article <C7p10q.xn@mcc.com> breland@mcc.com writes:
>In article 11713@seas.gwu.edu, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes:
>>
>>A comment was made that a language should provide unsage stuff, but with
> ^^^^^^
>>safe alternatives, and done in a way so as to be sure that programmers
>>know they are using the unsafe stuff. The poster said that C++ is
>>"evolving" in this direction. I resisted the temptation to say how
>>delighted I was that C++ is finally evolving, in this area, to where
>>Ada was 10 years ago.
>
>Do I detect something Freudian here? ;)
>
I KNEW this would happen, the minute I committed the "send" command.
Yeah, a Freudian flip.
Mike
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* interesting thread on comp.edu
@ 1993-05-27 1:19 Michael Feldman
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From: Michael Feldman @ 1993-05-27 1:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
comp.edu is a sort of catch-all newsgroup with two main threads of discussion:
- the use of the computer in education;
- education about computers, and CS generally
You might enjoy reading the last few days of this group, for a long
thread on the virtues and liabilities of C++ as a first language.
I've sat (mostly) on the sidelines reading this, as it's really all
I can do to keep up with comp.lang.ada.
Ada fans will be happy to know that the prevailing opinion in comp.edu
is that C++ is _not_ a good first language, mainly because of all the
unsafe stuff, for the use of which there is not an obvious alternative
(pointers, etc.).
A comment was made that a language should provide unsage stuff, but with
safe alternatives, and done in a way so as to be sure that programmers
know they are using the unsafe stuff. The poster said that C++ is
"evolving" in this direction. I resisted the temptation to say how
delighted I was that C++ is finally evolving, in this area, to where
Ada was 10 years ago.
Very little has been said in that thread about Ada; apparently nobody
wanted to get the thread off on another track, and neither did I.
Happy reading.
Mike Feldman
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