Newbie look at Python and OO

Grant Edwards grante at visi.com
Fri May 11 12:03:41 EDT 2007


On 2007-05-11, Duncan Booth <duncan.booth at invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.ariel.com.au/jokes/An_Interview_with_Bjarne_Stroustrup.html
>> 
>> Maybe BS thought he was joking, but IMO, it's true.
>> 
>>   "Stroustrup: Remember the length of the average-sized 'C'
>>    project? About 6 months. Not nearly long enough for a guy
>>    with a wife and kids to earn enough to have a decent
>>    standard of living. Take the same project, design it in C++
>>    and what do you get? I'll tell you. One to two years."
>> 
>
> I doubt very much that BS was involved at any point in writing it. You 
> forgot to quote the bit at the end:
>
> [Note - for the humor-impaired, not a true story]

My bad.  I completely missed that -- I thought it was a real
interview where BS was joking.

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