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The truth about c++ ... or maybe not



On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Bill Horne wrote:

> Guys,
> 
> ROTFLMAO.  It HAS to be true.  Really, think about it.  It's the
> only thing that makes sense...
> 
> Bill Horne
> 

<grin> Someone sends me this at least once a year.
From: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#IEEE

Did you really give an interview to IEEE in which you confessed that C++
was deliberately created as an awful language for writing unmaintainable
code to increase programmer's salaries?

Of course not. Read the real IEEE interview.
http://www.research.att.com/~bs/ieee_interview.html

-- end quote --

For those interested in that sort of thing, his site has a lot of cool
info on where he got his ideas etc.

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