Re: Choice of languages

[Marius Vollmer <mvo zagadka ping de>]

James Green <gnome@cyberstorm.demon.co.uk> writes:

> On 19 May 1999, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> 
> > James Green <gnome@cyberstorm.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > 
> > > Why choose C, and not C++?
> > 
> > If you could understand the answer, you would not ask the question.
> 
> <dons flameproofs>
> That reply is the sort that could get a human brain into recursion of the
> sort most don't stand a chance on.

There is no recursion in there, it's not even paradoxical. It's merely
meta.  And of course, it is wrong, or at least exaggerated.

> Hardly the most helpful, was it?

It works slowly, and it was not solely intended for you.

> Having been stunned by the thread that has evolved from my initial
> post, I have now got an explanation that satisfies me, and no doubt
> once I begin programming with GTK I shall delve deeper into the
> reasoning and logic behind it all. I don't profess to be a brilliant
> coder - I'm not; but that doesn't mean that people can't learn.

I'll comment on this after you have dropped your asbestos...

> </dons flameproofs>

You really seem to be pretty "green" if you expect a rationale and
useful discussion after the "which is better: C or C++" question.
This thread here on the gnome-list was actually very civilized and
somewhat productive, but it wasn't the first of its kind.

You say that you are satisfied with the explanations, and hope to
understand them later; that you want to learn.  This is the right way.
Maybe you already understand how my comment could be helpful after
all.

- Marius

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