tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post111442506475008569..comments2023-10-05T06:39:23.540-04:00Comments on Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check: C++ creator upbeat on its future | CNET News.compbokellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18207982160283918003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post-1114456629465814012005-04-25T15:17:00.000-04:002005-04-25T15:17:00.000-04:00Thanks for the clarification. I tend to side with...Thanks for the clarification. I tend to side with Alan Kay; I think C++ was, in general, an unfortunate mutation in the evolution of programming languages.pbokellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207982160283918003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366778.post-1114452196935555482005-04-25T14:03:00.000-04:002005-04-25T14:03:00.000-04:00As someone pointed out on the News.com forum, the ...As someone pointed out on the News.com forum, the analyst quote is pretty misleading - Stroustrup mentioned 3million C++ users and were clearly talking about the absolute nunber of users growing, while the analyst quoted was talking about percentages of software engineers.<BR/><BR/>Considering that people are still hiring new COBOL and Fortran programmers (I had the pleasure of interviewing a 23 year old woman who had been sent to COBOL courses by her previous owner a couple of years back - in the end she went with a cushy bank job instead of my then employer), I'm pretty sure C++ will be out there for a long, long time yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com