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From: jpb@iris8.msi.com (Jan Bielawski)
Subject: Re: Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it?
Date: 1997/07/25
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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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