Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 01:49:22PM +1000, bob parker wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:17, Dave Howorth wrote:
> > PS I'm a Luddite that refuses to learn C++. Backward compatibility with
> > C was the single biggest mistake Stroustrup made.
>
> I once wondered why all illustrations of C++ programming showed two classes,
> foo and bar. The I discovered that 'fubarred' means 'fsked beyond repair'.
> That is sufficient explanation.
Those bits of slang are far from specific to C++.
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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