[ale] Language Jihad!

[Wandered Inn]

Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
> My needs for a language are simple since I don't have any specific
> project to apply them to!  :-)
> 
> I just want to start making the machines do what I want instead of what
> somebody else wanted.  From the current discussion I am reaching again
> the conclusion that the language must fit the need rather than the other
> way round.  Also, that knowing many languages is a plus if your a
> programmer!!  Thanks for the responses and help.  I think I'll look into
> Ruby, but work on learning C++ for now since I have books and tools
> setup for that.
> 
> Why is C++ so terrible?  Looks okay on the surface to me.

I would challenge anyone to disagree that the learning curve for C++ is
much larger than the learning curve for C.

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