[PLUG] C++ is too complex (was: Having problems loading shared libraries. (fwd))
Russell Senior
seniorr at aracnet.com
Wed Aug 28 18:37:26 UTC 2002
>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Tomson <ptkwt at aracnet.com> writes:
Phil> Lisp isn't the only language that gives you this kind of
Phil> flexibility, in general you can say the same about dynamic
Phil> languages as a class of languages - you could say similar things
Phil> about SmallTalk or Ruby for example.
Yes, though Lisp is really the only one that gives you Lisp's whole
feature set. ;-)
Phil> The previous poster is right, you have to be a lot more careful
Phil> about the up front design in C++ because it'll be a lot harder
Phil> to change the architecure later. As an analogy you can think of
Phil> working with C++ like sculpting in marble and working with the
Phil> dynamic langauages like sculpting in modeling clay. Some might
Phil> argue that having to pay more attention to your design up front
Phil> is a good thing that C++ forces you to do. Others (in the agile
Phil> design camp) will argue that you can never forsee all of the
Phil> requirements upfront and it's best to just consider change a
Phil> part of reality and get used to it.
Yes, that's pretty much a paraphrase of what Graham was saying.
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