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Another summary of David's talk by akumria · 1999-11-25 08:30 · Score: 1 · on Dave McAllister (SGI) on Linux and Chilli

I went along to the talk when he was in Sydney, here is a
summary I posted and his follow up.
Re:Huray! Now, more people use C++!! by Anonymous Coward · 1999-07-30 20:48 · Score: 0 · on GCC 2.95 Released

Why? C++ is useless trash. People who know better avoid it like they do the plague.
The Truth that dare not speak its name! Heh Heh. Don't you know that C++ has the same appeal as Windows? You know, low reliability, baroque constructs, complex obscurity? Don't you know that C++ appeals to the same people as Windows? Those people who get there jollies by memorizing how to hold your mouth right when contructing a virtualized overloaded whatsit pure destructor?
Open minded software personel owe it to themselves to read The C++ Critique. It's a real eye opener on how we all have been bamboozled by the C++ buzz.