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: 103376,2e6b0aed6b810a10 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: bs@research.att.com (Bjarne Stroustrup) Subject: Re: A little OO humor Date: 1998/06/02 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 358945535 Sender: nntp@research.att.com X-Nntp-Posting-Host: raptor.research.att.com References: <35743773.41C6@ifn.com> Organization: AT&T Labs, Florham Park, NJ Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-06-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: A hoax pretending to be an interview with me by IEEE Computer from January 1, 1998 has been doing the rounds. Over the last four months or so, it was posted and re-posted in an incredible number of places. In it, I'm quoted as making strong derogatory statements about C++ and object-oriented programming. The opinions expressed that fake interview are contrary to anything I have ever said about C++ and completely in variance with a professional attitude. However, now IEEE has done an interview with me for the June issue of Computer Magazine. That real interview can be found at http://www.research.att.com/~bs/ieee_interview.html, and http://www.computer.org/computer/co1998/html/r6110.htm I have on occation expressed the opinion that the fake interview was less funny than it could have been. Predictably, someone suggested that I write something better in the line of "geek humor" for April 1. Have a look at http://www.research.att.com/~bs/whitespace98.pdf from the English C++ Users' Group magazine "Overload" - April 98 issue of course. It differes from the fake interview in many ways, not least in that this article doesn't say or imply anything negative about anyone or anyone's work. - Bjarne Bjarne Stroustrup, AT&T Labs, http://www.research.att.com/~bs