Re: WinClass question for Al
- Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com> Nov 30, 2005
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Al Getz wrote: > > don cole wrote: <snip link to C++ article> > Hi Don, > > I read that article and geeeeeeezzzzze, what a load 'a bull :) > > First off, if you take the whole thing as truth then someone is admitting that > they > threw a 'wrench in the works' some time ago, and lied about it. This means > there's > no telling if they are doing the exact same thing now... either in addition > to back > then, only back then, or only just now. This of course means maybe the real > wrench > is the new one. If they were lying back then too that's not too much of an > issue > right > now. Of course there's a chance that it's not the real person anyway. > > From my own experiences with oop, some one is lying NOW, or trying to throw > a wrench > in the works NOW. There's just too many good points about oop (oop taken by > itself > apart from C++ itself) to put it down like that and still be able to say you > have > "at least a quarter of a brain left" he he. > > Also, the article sounds like it's too centered around C++ to be confused with > notes > on oop alone, but there are notes which seem to knock oop itself, even apart > from > C++, which are down right incorrect. The worst is the part about 'reusable > code'. > I've re-used wayyyyy too much code for different programs to EVER be able to > agree > with that :) I've even built classes from code that already existed, so i > just > dont see where this guy is coming from anymore. > > Maybe like Bob Fischer who after finding out the 'Russians' were cheating in > top > tourny's, he's going off the deep end. > > > BTW, thanks for pulling that post up again. > > Take care, > Al > > And, good luck with your Euphoria programming! > > My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's" Hey, Al. The article was meant as a joke, supposedly an interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++. -- "Actually, I'm sitting on my butt staring at a computer screen." - Tom Tomorrow j.