Re: OT: C++, yuck!

[Gianni Mariani]

You can't be serious ! *Every* language has problems.  There is no panacea.

I happen to think that C++ has a large number of positive things going 
for it and it's much further along the track of stabilization than any 
other language with it's capabilities.

So, even though C++ has "niggling yucky details" it is the Right(tm) 
choice for many applications; and for a large subset, the only suitable 
language.

Only WUSSes are scared by "niggling yucky details" ... :-))

Noel Yap wrote:

> --- "Greg A. Woods" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Yes, the devil is in the details -- that's why I
> > only have well informed
> > opinions about C++ and can do no more than read it. 
> > C++ in particular
> > has so many niggling yucky details that it's a real
> > devil of a language
> > to try to learn to write in effectively.  I've read
> > so much bad C++ code
> > (and so little good C++ code) that I can't dare even
> > try to predict how
> > many people might know those details well enough to
> > write good C++
> > code.  In fact I only know of one person for sure
> > who does know the
> > details well enough (but I'm not sure he's such a
> > good programmer overall).
>
> I would have to agree completely with you on this one.
>
> Noel