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From: johnson@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: C++ Not Ready for Commercial Use
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Date: 17 Oct 89 11:42:00 GMT
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/* Written 12:02 pm  Oct 16, 1989 by jima@hplsla.HP.COM in p.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.lang.c++ */
Can anyone give any examples of someone who has been programming in C++ for
more than a couple of months who would willing program in any other language,
let alone any other dialect of C?
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Let's not be silly.  While C++ is a big improvement over C, it certainly
is not the ultimate in programming languages.  I've been using C++ for about
3 years and Smalltalk for about 4, and I much prefer Smalltalk.  C++ has
a number of advantages over Smalltalk, but these advantages are irrelevant
to most of my programming, and it is much easier and more fun to program
in Smalltalk.

There have been a number of postings in this newsgroup from disgruntled
ex-users.  My guess is that most ex-users don't bother to read it.  I read
it because I still use C++, and I will continue to use it until something
better comes along for low-level programming in the object-oriented style.

Ralph Johnson