Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hplsla!jima From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Eiffel vs. C++ -- Let's drop the garbage collection arguments Message-ID: <6590150@hplsla.HP.COM> Date: 14 Jun 89 23:04:57 GMT References: Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA Lines: 12 > In article <9438@alice.UUCP> bs@alice.UUCP (Bjarne Stroustrup) writes: > =Bertrand Meyer, president of Interactive Software Engineering, the > =supplier of Eiffel, is correct on one point: I did refuse to appear on > =a panel with him. My reasons are personal. He has insulted my friends > > This is censorship and this sucks. I would have kicked you off the panel. > Am I the only one who finds this behavior reprehensible? The panel chair > who withdrew his offer to Dr. Meyer gets an F for bad judgement too. All this ill-will and name calling sucks. *I* certainly wouldn't want to be on a panel if I was afraid it was going to degrade into a pissing match. Let's leave that to the experts -- Congress.