From: Jeff Waltzer <jeffwaltzer@...>
Date: 2005-07-16T04:21:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby has ruined my Java (was Re: Ruby has ruined my C++)

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I find myself writting lots of anonymous inner classes in a vain attempt at=
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On 7/14/05, jason r tibbetts <tibbettj@verdi.iisd.sra.com> wrote:
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> John Carter wrote:
> > These are exciting days in the world of C++. Every month the C/C++ User
> > Journal is packed with exciting articles on brilliant innovations in th=
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> > areas of...
> > * Standards advancement
> > Hashes WhooHoo! Regexes! At last!
> > * Template metaprogramming
> > * New template libraries.
> > * Even Duck Typing!
> >
> > And I read it all and just feel vaguely nauseated.
> >
> > C++ is just so hard compared to Ruby. So fragile, so stiff, so
> > error-prone with incredibly subtle gotchas on every corner.
> >
> > It pains me now to even look at C++, even though for many years it was
> > my language of choice.
> >
> > Ruby advocacy is not merely sharing the pleasure, it's important for
> > avoiding the pain of being forced financially back into writing C/C++..=
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> It's ruined my Java, too. I recently discovered java.lang.reflect.Proxy
> (as used by the wonderful EasyMock framework), and I've since had to
> suppress the urge to make everything an interface with so implementation
> just so that I can make a Proxy out of it and call methods dynamically.
> It's no Ruby (or Smalltalk), but it's something.
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