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  • February 28, 2017 at 12:07 pm

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    Gary Varga - Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:36 AM

    You dislike C++ so much you named it twice!!! :w00t:

    fixed.   I really do hate that rubbish language, so it doesn't deserve two slots.

    Tom

  • February 28, 2017 at 1:08 pm

    #1930799

    Tom, what is that last programming language you listed; did you say: Brainf--k?

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • February 28, 2017 at 1:15 pm

    #1930803

    The hello world app for C++ on Windows always cracks me up.

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff381409(v=vs.85).aspx

  • February 28, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    #1930821

    GeorgeCopeland - Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:15 PM

    The hello world app for C++ on Windows always cracks me up.

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff381409(v=vs.85).aspx

    Now that looks interestingly like bog standard c. Am I missing something in that page that requires c++???

  • February 28, 2017 at 2:09 pm

    #1930823

    patrickmcginnis59 10839 - Tuesday, February 28, 2017 2:04 PM

    Now that looks interestingly like bog standard c. Am I missing something in that page that requires c++???

    Right you are, C++ implements object inheritance, that is the chainsaw that you can use to cut your own head off that I mentioned earlier.

  • February 28, 2017 at 3:13 pm

    #1930839

    Eric M Russell - Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:08 PM

    Tom, what is that last programming language you listed; did you say: Brainf--k?

    Yes, see the Wikipedia article about it.  I somehow managed to miss Böhm's P′′, which is the language it was based on, probably because P′′ was publicised in 1964, a couple of years before I got interested in computing as opposed to the maths it's based on.

    edit: Actually, I didn't use that language for real work, just for showing youngsters that it was actually possible to have a Turing-complete programming language which was in some respects even more horrible than C++ or even VBS while still having pretty minimal syntax,.

    Tom

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