On 15/04/02 10:31, "Smith, Bradley" <bradley.smith_at_artisansw.com> wrote:
> <commence language war>
> I disagree. I know C++ _VERY_ well. I know Objective-C hardly at all but
> it's a much better language IMHO :-)
> </commence language war>
I know both pretty well (well, I know ObjC a lot more) and I wholeheartedly
agree. Much cleaner syntax than the convoluted C++, much more dynamic than
the static C++ and much more flexible than the rigid C++. Plus, you can
write all the C code you want. IMHO, there is no comparison between C++ and
ObjectiveC. Sure, those that knows C++ very well will argue to death that
it's better and so on, but that's basically because they never looked, or so
little at ObjC. It's like people that argue that Windows is much better than
the Mac OS...
Hey, language war PLUS platform war, all in one message!
-Laurent.
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