John Ousterhout wrote:
> OK, enough is enough. I can see that I'm not going to be able to fool you
> guys. I confess everything. You're right. It all *was* an evil
> conspiracy. There really isn't a shred of merit in Tcl, or C++, or Perl,
> or C; there is not a single reason on earth why anyone should use any of
> these languages for any programming task. Scheme truly is the perfect
> language that solves every problem and combines the virtues of every
> other language. For years we've been plotting to trick programmers into
> using bad languages. Yes, I mean "we". Many many people have participated
> in this sinister plot, including Larry Wall, Dennis Ritchie, Bill Gates,
> the Bureau of ATF, most of the LAPD, and Mark Fuhrman (sorry you guys, but
> the truth has overwhelmed me so I've been forced to expose you). I feel
> just terrible at how I have set the programming world back, and I promise
> to be a good boy from now on.
John you overplay your hand. Almost no-one has suggested that there is
no merit in Tcl. What they have suggested is that some of the merits
*you are claiming* are not true. That is a very different claim.
I would like you ask you a question. You claim that the "everything is a
string" approach is the be-all-and-end-all, the way to go, etc, etc. Why
then has Tcl8.0 moved away from this philosophy?
grahm
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On the streets tonight
The innocent are dying
And the world's not right
So many millions dying
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