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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 11:06:51 +0100
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
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Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> 
> >From the fingers of Ben Laurie flowed the following:
> >
> >Alexei Kosut wrote:
> >> And some people think C++ is just silly, anyway.
> >
> >Which people? And do they have any coherent grounds for the assertion?
> 
>     Don't be silly.  Things which are self-evident require no assertion.
>     <g>
> 
>     (I personally have no informed opinion about C++, but from the
>     comparisons I've read I think Java exposed some of C++'s
>     shortcomings.)

Java is supposedly more idiot-proof. I am yet to be convinced that this
indicates that there's anything wrong with C++.

Of course, both Java and C++ expose numerous shortcomings in C.

Cheers,

Ben.

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