Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!intercon!amanda From: amanda@intercon.UUCP (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Object Oriented C for the Mac Message-ID: <1312@intercon.UUCP> Date: 27 Jul 89 17:57:24 GMT References: <44053@tiger.oxy.edu> <227700016@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <20758@cup.portal.com> <20114@paris.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: amanda@intercon.UUCP (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation, Reston, VA Lines: 18 In article <20114@paris.ics.uci.edu>, nagel@paris.ics.uci.edu (Mark Nagel) writes: ... That's just as absurd as saying that C (or any other HLL) is simply a preprocessor for assembly language! Well, I'd say that C is, actually ... More accurately, it's the most powerful and portable assembler I've ever used, but I wouldn't call it a HLL. C++ is getting there, but it's facilities for abstraction are still pretty rudimentary. Give me a good modern Lisp any day! -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation -- "A keyboard ... how quaint!" -- Scotty, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home