learning C

[Gregory Jorgensen]

Stroustrup himself said it best: "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://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#really-say-that


In article <mailman.984107772.3536.python-list at python.org>, D-Man says...
>
>On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 01:30:26PM +1300, Greg Ewing wrote:
>| Werner Schiendl wrote:
>| > 
>| > The fine thing is: C++ still HAS the scalpel, so what?
>| 
>| C++ is a Swiss army knife with both scissors and scalpel,
>| and a nasty tendency for the scalpel to shoot out and
>| stick you in the palm when all you were trying to do
>| was use the scissors...
>| 
>
>Nice.  I like this description. 
>
>yet-not-joining-the-war-ly y'rs  -D
>
>

Greg Jorgensen
Deschooling Society
Portland, Oregon, USA
gregj at pobox.com