Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:28:44 -0700 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Beginning C++ in FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040426102844.11faaf90.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <20040426094335.GA7578@online.fr> References: <20040425215837.3f4708fe.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> <20040426094335.GA7578@online.fr>
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On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 05:43:35 -0400 Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> wrote: > Chris Pressey wrote: > > > A single Greek word for which there isn't an equivalent word in > > > English-- and I mean exact equivalent, including all the possible > > > meanings and nuances that this word can express in the Greek > > > language-- should be enough as an example, right? > > > > Unfortunately, no, it's not enough. > > > > A single Greek word for which there isn't an equivalent English > > word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, essay, book, or library would be > > enough though. > > Which has very little relevance to programming languages. I disagree; I think the parallel to optimization in different languages is quite strong. There may be a Greek word whose meaning can only be expressed in English as a lengthy paragraph. Likewise, what takes a couple of "sentences" of Perl code may take an entire "essay" of C. > [on functional languages] > So now I'm wondering: why aren't these languages more popular? Well, how often are they taught in schools? -Chris
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