From: bs@... (Bjarne Stroustrup)
Date: 2003-09-17T10:53:19+09:00
Subject: Re: performance and style advice requested

Alex Martelli <aleaxit@yahoo.com> 

> Or Python -- no "access control" whatsoever, just *advisory* indications
> of what's meant to be "published" and what's meant to be for internal use
> only.  Just the time saved not having to decide what's private, public,
> or protected (Stroustrup regrets having introduced the complication of
> that third intermediate classifier -- see his book "Design and Evolution
> of the C++ programming language") is by itself a huge performance boost.
> 

If you have actually read D&E, you'd know that I disagree with your
statement. Even if you want to quote me in support of something I
disagree with, you could try to quote accurately. Your statement of my
position on "protected" is highly inaccurate.

 - Bjarne Stroustrup; http://www.research.att.com/~bs