Re: Joint Strike Fighter

["David Botton" <David@Botton.com>]

> One of the most important benefits of C++ is that, once people have enough
> experience with it, it becomes obvious how inherently hideous it is.

A wise man once said, there are three types of people:

When a fly falls in to a cup of wine

One person will throw out the wine
One person will throw out the fly and drink the wine
One person will suck the wine off the fly and then drink the wine

I know all three types of people when it comes to C++.

This is not a benefit of C++, but rather a curse that in reality most
Software Engineers will be forced to work for/with person number three.

When I write and design in C++, I keep a large lists of restrictions in use
of the language. Go try and explain to person #3 why you hesitate to make
use of feature X Y or Z and you are talking to deaf ears. Worse yet, think
about when he decides to dip in to your code in the version control system
and start adding his favorite "tricks" when he becomes a client of your
library.....

David Botton