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From: linton@INTERVIEWS.STANFORD.EDU (Mark Linton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: C++ and X11
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Date: 10 Nov 88 06:29:09 GMT
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Stergios Marinopoulos from Athena Systems writes
    " ... if  you dont  have  excellent  people designing and
    coding  I dont care what the  language  is you can  bet you'll have  a
    disaster on your hands."

I absolutely agree.  It is a mistake to believe that using C++
will somehow turn bad programmers into good ones.  However,
good programmers who are implementing an object-oriented design will
find C++ an order of magnitude better language than C.
Our experience is that the language advantages outweigh
the environment disadvantages (of course, it helps that I am able
to modify dbx to make our debugging lives a little easier).
We currently have over 80,000 lines of evolving C++ code.

Stergios goes on to say
    "As for  InterViews, well,
    lets just say: nahhh, forget it - just forget it."

This is a cheap shot.  Specific criticisms would be useful to us and
other readers, but this sort of attack is no good for anyone.

Jim Becker from Athena Systems writes
    "I strongly urge those embarking on InterViews and C++ related products
    to at least read the C++ news group, if not email or call us directly."

I hope that anyone who wants information about InterViews contacts me or
sends mail to interviews@lurch.stanford.edu instead of or in addition to
talking with the Athena Systems folks.

	Mark