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Re:Parody of an interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the creato... by point on Thursday January 29, 2009 @02:14AM (#455987)
This does not mean that C++ is difficult. It just means that you may be used to easier languages, and your brain is not flexible enough to deal with C++.
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Re:Parody of an interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the creato... by jfarmer on Thursday January 29, 2009 @03:23AM (#456039)
Better question: why would anyone use a "harder" language, all else being equal?
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Re:Parody of an interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the creato... by hairsupply on Thursday January 29, 2009 @10:33AM (#456456)
Entrenchment. The main product I work on is 3.5 million lines of C++, built with MCF and ATL. We can frankestein other technologies into there, but its expensive and clunky. The cost of rewriting the whole thing is prohibitive, so C++ it is.
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