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Latest Proposals for C++0x
CodeDemon writes "It looks like the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG21 working group has made some headway in reviewing new proposals for the C++ language. The long anticipated upgrade for C++, C++0x, may be just around the corner. Head on over to check out the proposals yourself."
So someone, who in no way has mastered his native language, is telling the C++ crowd how to write a language. Unbelieveable!!!
maybe the ((((c++)++)++)++)... system will induce LISP-hackers to take a serious look at the language.
That you would say this indicates that you don't really know what Lisp is all about.
Clue: It is not about parenthesis. It is about langauge semantics.
Everyone gets so hung up on the surface syntax that they never see what is underneath. Very much like comparing Windows 95 to a Macintosh of the same era. Once you understand the true power of what is underneath, then the syntax has a very strong reason for being. The annoyance of using a somewhat unconventional syntax is vastly outweighed by the power it is exchanged for.
Don't you think that any serious Lisp user would take a serious look at other languages?
Those who would give up liberty in exchange for security and DRM should switch to Microsoft Palladium!
ADA is what happens when you let a language be designed by committee.
C++ on the other hand is the result of years of hardwork by Dr. Stroustrup and others who happened to sit on an ISO comittee at one point.