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From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: C++ Not Ready for Commercial Use
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Date: 18 Oct 89 17:59:35 GMT
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Thanks for all the interesting and informative answers to my rhetorical
flame-bait question. :-) Actually, I find it amazing how *few* [read: a couple]
people who claim to have spent a non-trivial amount of time programming in
C++ who would consider anything else.  I have to admit even *I* program in
bc, csh and awk *occasionally*

I received a couple responses from people who'd rather use Smalltalk -- if
it were faster.  Others would rather use X,Y,Z--if it weren't for the realities
of what it takes to make a commercial software product, etc, etc.

Surprisingly, I didn't even receive any responses from people saying they
had seriously checked out C++ [2.0] and given up to go back to C......
[If one *were* to give up on C++ *which* C would one go back to?]

:-)