From: Steven Jenkins <steven.jenkins@...>
Date: 2005-04-07T00:32:32+09:00
Subject: Re: new!

Phlip wrote:
> C++ is designed to compile to the most efficient machine code possible. All
> other considerations, such as programmer comfort, are secondary.

I hesitate to feed language comparison threads, but this is wrong. The
only person who can state with authority the design criteria for C++ is
Bjarne Stroustrup, and he said "My initial aim for C++ was a language
where I could write programs that were as elegant as Simula programs,
yet as efficient as C programs." You can't conclude from this statement
that elegance is secondary to efficiency.

Steve