From: David Kastrup <dak@...>
Date: 2006-11-30T06:05:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vs Java vs c++

"Phil Tomson" <rubyfan@gmail.com> writes:

> In the past I've sometimes not been too fond of C++.  However after
> working a recent job where we used the Boost libs extensively I got
> to liking C++ again.  The next C++ standard will contain several of
> the Boost libs - that'll be nice.  Also, take a look at the book
> 'Template Metaprogramming', it's amazing what they're able to do
> with templates (functional-style pattern matching, for example).
> And template-based polymorphism is much faster than the traditional
> use of inheritance and virtual methods.

Well, that is a problem source in my book.  Template programming is an
entirely different beast to code writing in C++, in patterns, syntax,
possibilities and skillsets.  That's simply not a good state for a
programming language to be in.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum