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Re:C++ Frequently Questioned Answers by eru on Monday May 11, 2009 @07:02AM (#603281)
Try Cobol. Or C. Or Assembler. Or Fortran. Those languages are also used in large projects since ages. But what does that tell us?
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Re:C++ Frequently Questioned Answers by nickpp on Monday May 11, 2009 @07:14AM (#603288)
Tells us that they are mature, strong, proven programming languages and we should use them in large-scale developement UNLESS we have a better alternative, ALSO mature, strong and proven. Thankfully, we do: C++
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Re:C++ Frequently Questioned Answers by eru on Monday May 11, 2009 @10:02AM (#603483)
Your argument could be used to prove Java superior to C++, too.
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