Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: C++ Not Ready for Commercial Use Message-ID: Date: 21 Oct 89 02:27:41 GMT References: <24.UUL1.3#913@acw.UUCP> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk (UseNet News) Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 25 In-reply-to: guthery@acw.UUCP's message of 15 Oct 89 12:55:35 GMT In article <24.UUL1.3#913@acw.UUCP> guthery@acw.UUCP (Scott Guthery) writes: > 7) According to its author, C++ is designed for programs > measured in thousands of lines of code. The author goes > to say that if the program is measured in tens of thousands > of lines of code "mere progrmming language structuring > facilities can provide little relief." He's absolutely right. A large piece of software like TeX has inherent complexity that cannot be reduced below a certain level of difficulty, although each individual part is fairly simple by itself. -- D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook That's life, my friend. "No Silver Bullets", ya know. Writing large pieces of software is difficult. So is building a bridge. Do you think that's a failure of C++? /Lars -- Copyright 1989 Lars Fischer; you can redistribute only if your recipients can. Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk, {...}!mcvax!iesd!fischer Department of Computer Science, University of Aalborg, DENMARK. Radical social changes begins on the street! So if your looking for some action... cut the crap and get out there. -- Joe Strummer