Re: WinClass question for Al

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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.

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