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From: daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: C++ considered disenchanting
Keywords: C++,object oriented programming,C
Message-ID: <442@gonzo.UUCP>
Date: 22 Oct 88 18:54:13 GMT
References: <441@grand.UUCP> <328@pvab.UUCP>
Reply-To: daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower)
Organization: Gonzo Media Group
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In article <328@pvab.UUCP> robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) writes:
>Funny, I had the same feelings and read Bertrand Meyer's book about
>Eiffel. Seems to me like one of the best oo languages available today.

With the (possible) exception of Ada, the main thing that gets people to
move towards a new language is the availability of a cheap workable
implementation.  C came with your Unix system, C++ has the cheap site
license and a free G++.

Eiffel, which looks interesting, has one implementation, a real-priced
commericial product.  The same is basically true of Euclid, which 5 years
ago looked as interesting as Modula-2.  Modula-3, for which we've just
seen some propaganda, is also not available.

AT&T did a very smart thing with c++, getting a seed implementation out
cheaply to build a core user base.  Others might take a lesson.

-dB