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Re:Why do some people like difficult programming languages s... by queensnake on Saturday September 22, 2007 @02:03AM (#58265)
Part of it, for me, is that you know a C++ version is the /final/ version, it's as fast and efficient as it can be. It's canonical, you won't have to do it again.
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Re:Why do some people like difficult programming languages s... by SwellJoe on Saturday September 22, 2007 @04:11AM (#58294)
But if you have to do new features, you're screwed. So, yeah, I guess it is the final version...new ones are such a pain. (I don't dislike C++. It's fine for systems-level programming. But I'm not using it for anything else.)
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