From: jpb@iris8.msi.com (Jan Bielawski)
Subject: Re: Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it?
Date: 1997/07/25
Date: 1997-07-25T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EDw2pJ.A84@msi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.869256970@merv
In article <dewar.869256970@merv> dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
> Paul said
>
> <<C++ (the obvious choice) is a highly complex language, so it takes a
> long time to learn. This is time that will not be spent learning
> good, solid software engineering.
> >>
Well, *life* is highly complex. I don't think it's possible to
write sophisticated software in a non-"highly complex language."
To expect to be able to deal with modern technology by means of
a "simple" language which does not require one to "waste" time
on mastering it is dreamland. Kind of reminds me of those
misguided hobbyists on sci.physics.* newsgroups who dream about
creating a "unified theory of everything" while never learning
any mathematics since it's "_just_ a _language_ of physics."
> Actually I don't think that C++ is the "obvious choice" any more. Among
> academics chasing relevancy, C++ seems to be the language of yesterday,
> the language du jour appears to be Java.
Java and C++ are different languages with application domains
merely overlapping here and there.
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Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-07-11 0:00 Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it? ivory
1997-07-11 0:00 ` Mike Stark
1997-07-11 0:00 ` Michael Schuerig
1997-07-11 0:00 ` Wes Groleau
1997-07-11 0:00 ` Richie Bielak
1997-07-14 0:00 ` Don Harrison
1997-07-11 0:00 ` Tom M. Chen
1997-07-11 0:00 ` robinsaj
1997-07-12 0:00 ` Ian Nelson
[not found] ` <33CA5E3D.475B@edwardjones.com>
1997-07-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <33CB8E75.7CB1@edwardjones.com>
1997-07-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-16 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-07-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-25 0:00 ` Jan Bielawski [this message]
1997-07-17 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-07-17 0:00 ` Walt Howard
1997-07-18 0:00 ` Henrik Wist
[not found] ` <33CF6C0E.4983@edwardjones.com>
1997-07-18 0:00 ` Walt Howard
1997-07-18 0:00 ` Technical Professionals and the humnaities ( Was: Re: Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it?) Chris Kuan
1997-07-18 0:00 ` Paul Johnson
1997-07-20 0:00 ` Thaddeus L. Olczyk
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Joseph M. Saur
1997-07-21 0:00 ` Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it? Don Harrison
[not found] ` <01bc94e6$9ced0820$287b7b7a@tlo2>
1997-07-19 0:00 ` Frieder Monninger
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Joachim Durchholz
1997-07-30 0:00 ` Glenn Williamson
1997-07-30 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-07-30 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-08-01 0:00 ` I use Eiffel! and other "strange tongues"! Jakob Engblom
1997-08-02 0:00 ` Walt Howard
1997-08-02 0:00 ` Ian Nelson
1997-08-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-03 0:00 ` Matt Kennel (Remove 'NOSPAM' to reply)
1997-08-03 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-07 0:00 ` Andrew Semprebon
1997-08-08 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-08-08 0:00 ` Walt Howard
1997-08-11 0:00 ` Jeff Brown
1997-08-13 0:00 ` quadrafeline
1997-08-09 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1997-08-04 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
[not found] ` <dewar.870872376@merv>
1997-08-09 0:00 ` Heribert Slama
[not found] ` <5s8bsh$mo0@alumni.rpi.edu>
1997-08-06 0:00 ` C/C++ is the best teaching language??!? HARRY R. ERWIN
1997-08-08 0:00 ` Tom Valesky
1997-08-02 0:00 ` Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it? Sean Case
1997-08-02 0:00 ` Nick Payne
1997-08-02 0:00 ` Walt Howard
1997-07-30 0:00 ` Brian Kimball
1997-07-31 0:00 ` Why I didn't like Eiffel Glenn Williamson
1997-08-02 0:00 ` Ian Nelson
1997-07-31 0:00 ` Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it? Don Harrison
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