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Subject: Re: 10 Reasons Why Scheme is Better Than C/C++
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In article <01bbe6ed$b7308ab0$12938781@weldypc>, "Dennis Weldy" <dmweldy@ingr.com> wrote:
>Tell ya what, have y'talked to the C++ standards committee? 
>Could be a useful addition to the language. 
>
>Should they burn in hell for all eternity? Uhmmm no I think that a tad
>harsh :-).
>Should they burn at all? No. 
>
>If y'dont like C++, if it can't do what ywant it to do, if ydont enjoy
>using it, then don't. 
>If C++ is lacking a feature ythink is valuable, contact the standards
>committee. Who knows? they might figure it's worth including. 
>
>Have a good one
>
>Dennis
>
>Thant Tessman <thant@shoreline-studios.com> wrote in article
><32ADA329.41C6@shoreline-studios.com>...
><snip>
>
>> When (if) you finish (and assuming your compiler can handle it,
>> which is not at all a certainty), compare your solution to:
>> 
>>     (define (curry f arg)
>>         (lambda rest (apply f (cons arg rest))))
>> 
>> and then try to tell me that Stroustrup and Koenig don't deserve
>> to burn in hell for all eternity.
>> 
>> ***
>> 
>> In another post, Dennis Weldy pointed out that if you need to
>> do things like this you shouldn't be using C++.  That's 
>> absolutely my point.  But we have the anti-christ Stroustrup
>> and millions of his ignorant minions selling C++ as a 
>> "multi-paradigm" programming language.  In the mean-time,
>> alternatives are perceived as too risky for lack of an 
>> installed base.
>> 
>> Fuck C++ and the horse it rode in on.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Thant Tessman <thant@acm.org>
>> 
I'm sorry, but are you going to F**K the horse personally?
