Subj : Re: C++ joke post --troll like style- EXPLAINED! To : comp.programming From : Mabden Date : Sun Oct 02 2005 02:04 pm "puzzlecracker" wrote in message news:1128216824.290723.215570@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > I have recently posted following opinion and came to rather starling [sic] > realization that I actually believe in most of the said - even though > initially it was a joking retort to Oberon. It would be intriguing to > see what C++ practitioners (and perhaps others with their favorite > programming languages - those that served programming community for at > least over a decade) think about this controversial issue. It should > really answer the question whether you feel a strong penchant and > affinity with the language of choice as well as programmers of stated > language. > > Thanks > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > C'mon people- embrace the reality. Oberon is the next language to > become obsolete with the record of minimum time used professionally. There's a language called Oberon? I've heard of D. Which is a shame since it should have been named P (newbies will not chuckle at this). The Language of Choice of this.Programmer is explained in the latest book written by Charles Petzold. Like the Pharaohs and Shogun that have gone before, all of His followers are required to lay down their lives when He is taken from this mortal world by the Holy Horn of the IPU. -- Mabden .