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From: mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us
Subject: Re: C++ Productivity
Message-ID: <1995Feb8.161316.20584@mole-end.matawan.nj.us>
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 16:13:16 GMT
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In article , ian@syacus.acus.oz.au (Ian Joyner) writes:
> rmartin@rcmcon.com (Robert Martin) writes:
 
> >Certainly [C++] is large and complex.  But not "too large" nor "too
> >complex".  If it were, then it would not be selling as well as it is.
> >You can claim that the purchasers don't really know what they are
> >buying, but that is a pretty weak argument.
> 
> Robert, you have been saying these things so long that you are starting
> to believe them. ...

This is an uncalled for slap in the face.  You are accusing your
correspondent of lying, and of weak-mindedness.

You are an intelligent and educated person.  I urge you to
consider such expressions beneath you in the future.
-- 
 (This man's opinions are his own.)
 From mole-end				Mark Terribile
 mat@mole-end.matawan.nj.us, Somewhere in Matawan, NJ
	(Training and consulting in C, C++, UNIX, etc.)
