"Mat Marcus" <mat-boost@emarcus.org> wrote in message news:603536759.1081186934@[10.51.241.93]...
--On Monday, April 05, 2004 11:54 PM +0100 Andy Little <andy@servocomm.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
"Brian McNamara" <lorgon@cc.gatech.edu> wrote in message news:20040405222144.GA13969@lennon.cc.gatech.edu...
I will be busy trying to finish my PhD and find a job in the next couple months, so it will be a while before I can work on FC++ again with any substantial effort.
Hi Brian, I think I may be one of those mentioned in the review critique as having required a full breakdown of FP. I would suggest that C++ is not the solution for you, but OTOH neither is the dogma of FP. Whether anyone has the guts to employ you I have no idea, but I wish you all the best for the future.
regards Andy Little
Hi Andy,
My views are my own and in no way reflect the opinions of the boost community at large.
I don't really like the way that came out. I believe that quotes like "C++ is not the solution for you" or "Whether anyone has the guts to employ you" don't belong on this list.
C++ is a great language. Functional programming is a great idea. Brian MacNamara IMHO is one of the view people that may see something beyond either. I would say that is something akin to a holy grail on boost. Some employers do have 'guts'. If you dont like the visceral term, replace it by faith, courage, vision, and belief.
For what it's worth let me state here that these comments in no way reflect the opinions of the reviewer, nor in my opinion do they reflect the views of the rest of the community.
The general response of the ' boost community', which purports to embrace FP was frankly pathetic throughout the FC++ review. I felt this during the review, which is why I stepped in with my comments. I'm not an FP fan but I am interested and I would have preferred to have sat back and enjoyed the discussion. This did finally start to happen. I have found Brian's work to be very inspirational, if > not yet ready for boost acceptance on the first try, and his posts
here are highly professional, patient (in light of those who would have him justify FP) and educational.
Brian took a lot of time out with me during the FC++ review. My previous post was to say thanks, I have learnt something, and I appreciate that, and despite my non-boost community attitude, which is increasing exponentially, I did gain a lot from it. However I get the impression, which I stated in the review that C++'s place is as an Assembly language for FP. To (try to) use FP in C++ expressions is not very productive.... sorry lambda. I respectfully ask you to
refrain from posts of this nature in the future as others on this list may also feel that they are rather offensive.
I think I would be happy at the moment,especially if this is the general view, to be officially notified, which I hope will happen in due course. If that is the case I am sure that this reflects badly on me rather than Mr MacNamara. regards Andy Little