Re: OT: Programming Languages (Was: Spell Checking for Non European Languages, and for Conlangs)

--- Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:

<snip>
> > As for C++.... I agree with you... god knows why
> so many programmers
> > use it. *shrugs* There might be a good reason I'm
> missing, being a
> > poor hobby programmer rather than a professional.
>
I use C++ because I have to use C++.  We have
literally millions of man hours invested in C++ code
that needs to be maintained and expanded upon for
future projects.  Translating hundreds of thousands of
lines of code to some other language for the sake of
modernization is out of the question.  Besides, our
applications are real-time and very speed-critical.
Short of going to assembler, that limits our choices
too.

We use C++ because we are stuck with it, for now.
Personally, I don't like it at all, but considering
that I started programming professionally in 1963,
it's a whole lot better than what we had back then
(FORTRAN and something called 1401 Autocoder) so as
long as I'm used to it I use it for personal/hobby
projects as well.  It's just easier than bucking the
tide.

--gary