Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user?

From	Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user?
Date	2011-12-22 13:19 +0000
Organization	Norwich University
Message-ID	<9lgp2pFd2sU4@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	(4 earlier) <9le7c5F1lsU1@mid.individual.net> <jcsueu$cmg$1@reader1.panix.com> <9lef2pFgggU1@mid.individual.net> <jcthh3$8vd$1@reader1.panix.com> <roy-A1FA08.20021421122011@news.panix.com>

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On 2011-12-22, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <jcthh3$8vd$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>  Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> C++ is a vast, complex, and dangerous language -- and industry
>> doesn't seem to be willing to limit itself to using the seven
>> people on the planet who understand it.
>
>> I'm only half joking...  :)
>
> Half joking, indeed.  I happen to know for a fact that there
> are *fourteen* people on the planet who understand it.

One of its greatest contributions to computer science were
Glassbarrow's C++ puzzles. They likely couldn't have been as
challenging in any other language. ;)

-- 
Neil Cerutti

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[OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-20 17:40 +0000
  Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-20 18:36 +0000
    Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-20 20:41 +0000
      Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 13:00 -0800
        Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-21 14:04 +0000
          Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-12-21 09:26 -0500
          Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-21 15:37 +0000
            Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-21 16:16 +0000
              Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-21 21:02 +0000
                Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-12-21 13:15 -0800
                Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-12-21 20:02 -0500
                Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-12-22 13:19 +0000
  Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 11:43 -0800
  Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-12-20 20:51 +0000
    Re: [OT] Quick intro to C++ for a Python and C user? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-12-20 13:06 -0800

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