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    Rage
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    A very interesting discussion[^] from the C/C++ forum.

    ~RaGE();

    I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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      A very interesting discussion[^] from the C/C++ forum.

      ~RaGE();

      I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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      Rajesh R Subramanian
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      People who have worked for long enough and in many different programming languages (including C/C++) know the benefits and shortcomings of native language programming (or any programming language / technology, for that matter). However, fanbois of [insert programming language here] make discussions like this a bitter troll war. Not my cup of tea.

      "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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        A very interesting discussion[^] from the C/C++ forum.

        ~RaGE();

        I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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        dan sh
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        I agree with the guy there. Reason: His suggestions mean a massive code rewrite all across the software World. This leads to lots of job opportunities which in turn create outsourcing. This will help me make some money.

        "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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          A very interesting discussion[^] from the C/C++ forum.

          ~RaGE();

          I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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          W Balboos GHB
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          Just some guy who couldn't cope. (Re: Aesop's Sour Grapes Thingee) Many moons ago I came across [Punch^], soon after learning C (after VAX Assembly (after FORTRAN)) True then. Truer Now. Selah!

          "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

          "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

          "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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          • R Rage

            A very interesting discussion[^] from the C/C++ forum.

            ~RaGE();

            I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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            Lost User
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            Well he did make one good point IMO: the compilation model sucks. Sure it made sense at the time, but now it mostly gets in the way.

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              I agree with the guy there. Reason: His suggestions mean a massive code rewrite all across the software World. This leads to lots of job opportunities which in turn create outsourcing. This will help me make some money.

              "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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              charlieg
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              I agree. And the OP seems very puffed up with himself... I'm not even sure why the statement was tossed out. If C/C++ were so "evil", how did so much get done between birth and now? But I don't want to start yet another flame session

              Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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              • R Rage

                A very interesting discussion[^] from the C/C++ forum.

                ~RaGE();

                I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                CPallini
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                Still I don't like he was downvoted just on 'philosophical' grounds.

                Veni, vidi, vici.

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                  I agree. And the OP seems very puffed up with himself... I'm not even sure why the statement was tossed out. If C/C++ were so "evil", how did so much get done between birth and now? But I don't want to start yet another flame session

                  Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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                  dan sh
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                  Nish did that. It was his evil plan. :-D

                  "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                    Still I don't like he was downvoted just on 'philosophical' grounds.

                    Veni, vidi, vici.

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                    Rage
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                    Downvote is OK; In other parts of the world or about everywhere in a recent past, he would have at best burned alive.

                    ~RaGE();

                    I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                    • D dan sh

                      I agree with the guy there. Reason: His suggestions mean a massive code rewrite all across the software World. This leads to lots of job opportunities which in turn create outsourcing. This will help me make some money.

                      "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      I'm not the only one who misses 1999, then?

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      • R Rage

                        Downvote is OK; In other parts of the world or about everywhere in a recent past, he would have at best burned alive.

                        ~RaGE();

                        I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                        pasztorpisti
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                        I didn't recommended the rewrite of existing codebase. I've just pointed out something many don't see: flaws in a programming language from a design perspective. I've just mentioned one thing in the first post (headers), and only the smallest negative consequence of it (that started the war). Its unfortunate that it lead into a war instead of a fruitful discussion but that's also okay, partly my mistake. Its also okay to downvote even without reasons because I don't care, my reason for coming here is not scoring points. Points are for rating the content and most of that war is indeed a big one. :-) Still the end worth reading. If you take a look at my first post I've updated it with a link to a more complete list of my complains about C/C++, your comments or own points are also welcomed. It's better to know the dark side as well, even if you are walking in the light. Anyway, I'm the kind of coder who has quite radical views sometimes, I might have some similar posts in the future but I will be much more careful. No one has burnt me for my comments yet. :cool:

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                          I didn't recommended the rewrite of existing codebase. I've just pointed out something many don't see: flaws in a programming language from a design perspective. I've just mentioned one thing in the first post (headers), and only the smallest negative consequence of it (that started the war). Its unfortunate that it lead into a war instead of a fruitful discussion but that's also okay, partly my mistake. Its also okay to downvote even without reasons because I don't care, my reason for coming here is not scoring points. Points are for rating the content and most of that war is indeed a big one. :-) Still the end worth reading. If you take a look at my first post I've updated it with a link to a more complete list of my complains about C/C++, your comments or own points are also welcomed. It's better to know the dark side as well, even if you are walking in the light. Anyway, I'm the kind of coder who has quite radical views sometimes, I might have some similar posts in the future but I will be much more careful. No one has burnt me for my comments yet. :cool:

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                          Rage
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                          I pointed out the discussion as interesting because I think it was. I was being very serious answering Carlo: In a recent past for some countries and even today in numerous other countries, you cannot argue like that in public, even for trivial subjects, without being in danger. Try and talk about women wearing pants in Iran.

                          ~RaGE();

                          I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                            People who have worked for long enough and in many different programming languages (including C/C++) know the benefits and shortcomings of native language programming (or any programming language / technology, for that matter). However, fanbois of [insert programming language here] make discussions like this a bitter troll war. Not my cup of tea.

                            "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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                            Well, its partly my mistake that we messed up a few pages on the C++ message board. The war is over, if you think you could contribute positively your comments/opinions are welcomed on the subject: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4377527/Re-What-makes-C-and-Cplusplus-a-good-language.aspx[^] Regards, fanboi of [insert programming language here] :cool:

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                              I agree with the guy there. Reason: His suggestions mean a massive code rewrite all across the software World. This leads to lots of job opportunities which in turn create outsourcing. This will help me make some money.

                              "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                              pasztorpisti
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                              :thumbsup: The magic of positive thinking. Hmmmmm, never suggested the rewrite of the world, but reading your post it might be a really good idea... :-)

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                                I pointed out the discussion as interesting because I think it was. I was being very serious answering Carlo: In a recent past for some countries and even today in numerous other countries, you cannot argue like that in public, even for trivial subjects, without being in danger. Try and talk about women wearing pants in Iran.

                                ~RaGE();

                                I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                                pasztorpisti
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                                Well, I though we live in liberty of speech. Just didn't want to build a dream world around a newbie C/C++ coder. My intention was helping. Never heard about burning coders for true statements (about technical stuff) especially on a programmer forum.

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                                  Well, I though we live in liberty of speech. Just didn't want to build a dream world around a newbie C/C++ coder. My intention was helping. Never heard about burning coders for true statements (about technical stuff) especially on a programmer forum.

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                                  Rage
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                                  pasztorpisti wrote:

                                  Never heard about burning coders for true statements (about technical stuff) especially on a programmer forum.

                                  <dark voice> We know where you live </dark voice>

                                  ~RaGE();

                                  I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                                    pasztorpisti wrote:

                                    Never heard about burning coders for true statements (about technical stuff) especially on a programmer forum.

                                    <dark voice> We know where you live </dark voice>

                                    ~RaGE();

                                    I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                                    pasztorpisti
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                                    I think I will need the services of a good bodygaurd or jedi... :-)

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                                      Well, its partly my mistake that we messed up a few pages on the C++ message board. The war is over, if you think you could contribute positively your comments/opinions are welcomed on the subject: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4377527/Re-What-makes-C-and-Cplusplus-a-good-language.aspx[^] Regards, fanboi of [insert programming language here] :cool:

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                                      Lost User
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                                      pasztorpisti wrote:

                                      Well, its partly my mistake

                                      And mine, and a few others. What we should have done is direct the question to the Lounge from the beginning, as it really had nothing to do with C/C++.

                                      One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.

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                                      • R Rage

                                        A very interesting discussion[^] from the C/C++ forum.

                                        ~RaGE();

                                        I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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                                        ErnestoNet
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                                        C/C++ have a different "model". The compiler based model. The C/C++ approach users are not only developers, but architecture builders and libraries developers. In most languages, you have the companies that support the language, that provide the compiler of the code you write to binary. In C/C++ you have the text based .h, .c and .cpp files that represent a "standard". That standard is implemented by multiple companies by different compilers. To make that work, the standard has to be flexible, easy to implement and should not change (very often). It was designed to be easy to build a compiler and libraries of it. And as a result, the portability of the code would benefit the developer. C/C++ main goals are portability and compatibility (with written code). Easy of use are secondary goals. When you think of C/C++ you must understand that, as a developer, that language was not designed only for you as a user of it.

                                        it´s the journey, not the destination that matters

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