C++ bad-mouthing (was: Why learn Python ??)

[JanC]

claird at lairds.com (Cameron Laird) schreef:

> In article <Xns94711F202CED8JanC at 213.119.4.35>,
> JanC  <usenet at janc.cjb.net> wrote:

>>My copy of Netscape 0.94beta for Windows has a file date of 1994-11-22.
>>
>>And from the Grail docs:
>>"Grail was started in August 1995 as a quick and dirty demo. It quickly 
>>became a serious project, as witnessed by the release of version 0.2 in 
>>November 1995, and again by the planned release of version 0.3 (currently 
>>in beta) in June 1996."

> Yikes!  Good research--and I'm always in favor of that.
> I apologize for my error.  It's certainly disquieting;
> I had such a strong memory that Grail was around in 
> mid-'94 that I didn't verify the facts.  What *was* I
> thinking about?

Well, I didn't know Grail was that old, so I went searching.

But Netscape was largely based on Mosaic anyway; being developed by the 
same developers.  The beta I was talking about above still has a Mosaic 
logo.  ;-)

-- 
JanC

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