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Re: “Is C++ Dead?”

From Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.lisp, comp.lang.c++, comp.lang.ada
Subject Re: “Is C++ Dead?”
Date 2026-03-16 17:56 +0200
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <20260316175656.0000233b@yahoo.com> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <10odmao$cujh$2@toylet.eternal-september.org> <10olsom$20n6b$1@gwaiyur.mb-net.net> <10oni1q$3p6qk$1@dont-email.me> <10p70c5$27ou9$1@paganini.bofh.team> <3k4grk9f7is5vl0hjsccdiqttrdvh145c4@4ax.com>

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On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:31:56 -0400
George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> wrote:

> >Does Lynn McGuire believe that Bjarne Stroustrup; Francis Glassborow;
> >and Eric Naggum are "not [. . .] good programmer"s?
> >(S. HTTP://Gloucester.Insomnia247.NL/ fuer Kontaktdaten!)  
> 
> 
> If you want to know what Erik Naggum thought, there's an archive of
> his comp.lang.lisp postings at  https://xach.com/naggum/articles/.  
> 
> Erik definitely had some strong opinions re: C and C++, and he had
> good reasons for most of them.  He is sorely missed.

I never encountered the name Erik Naggum before that.
From Wikipedia article it sounds like he was good programmer, not
necessarily star level, but very competent. And very good troll.

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Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-15 19:13 +0000
  Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-03-15 19:40 +0000
  Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-15 21:15 +0000
    Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-15 18:15 -0500
  Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2026-03-15 17:33 -0500
    Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-16 00:28 +0000
  Re: “Is C++ Dead?” George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2026-03-16 10:31 -0400
    Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2026-03-16 17:56 +0200
    Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-16 17:06 +0000
      Re: “Is C++ Dead?” George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2026-03-16 23:00 -0400
        Re: “Is C++ Dead?” Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-03-18 00:20 +0000

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