On 28-Oct-07, at 2:32 AM, Michael Davies wrote:
There's an interesting post and discussion here: http://weblog.raganwald.com/2007/10/too-much-of-good-thing-not- all.html
Actually I think it is 95% bullshit. It reads like it is trying to make excuses for the poor quality of java.
And that apparent quoting of Alan is not one I am familiar with - and I'm fairly sure I was there when he made the comment about C++ not being what he had in mind. I certainly can't find any net source for this 'full' quote.
I did come acros some astonishing rubbish while searching for it though, including what looks like a Ruby hagiography where some dimwit appears to be claiming "Why do I have to put the thing even Smalltalk abandoned (leaving illusion though) in Ruby? They are ugly too, I think. -- matz on Smalltalk often control structure being object is mere illusion in most Smalltalk implementation "
Which is such a piece of crapulent cockamamie confabulabulatory contrariness I'm amazed the net didn't reach out through the writer's browser and strangle him/her to save the rest of us frim his/her wisdumb.
tim -- tim Rowledge; tim@rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim Law of Logical Argument: Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.