Re: Will Java kill C++?

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From: Joe Kraska
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 18:47

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> > AHHH! You see, there are lots of professional programmers (probably most)
> > who really love being able to play for 'countless hours' playing with
> > pointers and stuff. I'm a computer science graduate, and I used to love
> > programming for the sake of programming. Fortunately or unfortunately, I
> > outgrew that stage of my childhood.
> >
> > [lot's of condescending nonsense removed]

Well, the original author may (or not) have been condescending, but I
took this in a fairly humorous self-mocking way. Condescending or no,
there was some truth to it, and that's what made it funny. I immediately
passed it around to my fellow programmers under a humor list.

Joe.

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