From: mathew <meta@...>
Date: 2005-07-16T07:45:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby has ruined my Java (was Re: Ruby has ruined my C++)

Gennady Bystritksy wrote:
> Joe Van Dyk wrote:
>> On 7/14/05, Gennady Bystritksy <gfb@tonesoft.com> wrote:
>>> I actively use and still love C++ after 10 years.
>>
>> Why do you love it?
>
> Hmm, I do not know. Maybe when you spent time to get to know something 
> in depth, you start appreciating it more. Maybe because it allows me to 
> refactor legacy C code to gradually get to OO implementation with all 
> its benefits (true unit testing, code reuse, etc.)

If you like Ruby, and want to take legacy C code and make it OO, then 
you really owe it to yourself to try Objective-C. You should be able to 
learn it in a weekend. (Unlike C++.)

Personally, having written in both, I can't understand why so many 
people use C++ and so few use Objective-C.


mathew