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[gtk-list] Re: gtk-- griefs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Stromberg)
Thu Aug 21 19:44:18 1997
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:44:05 -0700
From: Dan Stromberg <strombrg@hydra.acs.uci.edu>
To: gtk-list@redhat.com
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gtk-list-request@redhat.com wrote:
>
> Sorry, can't resist...
>
> >have been the language GTK+ was originally written in. IMHO the
> >currect object oriented
> >C-style is, although working, still to be considered a hack.
>
> IMHO, the current object oriented C++ language is, although
> working, still considered a hack.
>
> -Tracy
True, true.
C++ has its benefits, but languages like python, eiffel, sather and
modula-3 are notably better for many tasks.
C is fine ok itself (ANSI at least), but C++'s biggest problem is that
it tried to be an OO C, in a clumsy way.
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