Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:17:56 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: History of C (Re: Why do you use a devil as a mascot?) Message-ID: <20101114231756.GC10006@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20101114223715.GA50902@guilt.hydra> References: <201011132032.oADKW4FG025920@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101113220559.GE45921@guilt.hydra> <4cdfa533.KmbS7pHvQ3h%2BK92G%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20101114204450.GA9247@thought.org> <20101114220249.GC43542@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101114223715.GA50902@guilt.hydra>
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On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 03:37:15PM -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 02:02:49PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: > > Quoth Gary Kline on Sunday, 14 November 2010: > > > > > > > > > Just about the whole Murray Hill gang stopped by Cray > > > (in Chippewa Falls), late 80's, and I remember asking Dennis > > > what the deal was with "C++"; I remember him dodging the > > > thing. Whoever-invented-C++ did a convoluted job, i s my > > > opinion. It might be nice to add classes to C, but that's > > > about it. > > > > > The inventor of C++ is Bjarne Stroustrop. I had the chance opportunity > > to sit down at a table with him and have a conversation prior to an SD > > West conference several years ago. He's a nice guy, with a great sense > > of humor -- but even he admits "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the > > foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off." > > http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bjarne_Stroustrup > > There's always the theory that Bjarne Stroustrup actually meant C++ as a > joke: > > http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/I_did_it_for_you_all > > It's generally regarded as a hoax, and there is an actually published > interview that corresponds with this time period in IEEE's Computer > Magazine that reads quite differently from this. Still . . . if this is > real, it would certainly explain a lot. > Hmmm. I'll ck out the quote when I'm using evo. I honestly doesn't see C++ as any joke--or attempt to be. What I can't grok is the supposed "re-useability." Was/Isn't a big part of C++ supposed to be that you could easily reuse part of proven, flawless code? I probably never got that far into learning the language. I have and still do edit, cut/paste, hammer and saw away at my C examples to get at functions that are reusable. > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://journey.thought.org For non-text MUA's http://theopenpress.com/index.php?a=print&code=00&id=88532
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