I made the comparisions between C and C++ to illustrate a point. Sadly, you seem to have missed it. On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Jonathan Franklin <franklin.jonathan@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:54 PM, John Phillips <phillips@mps.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
I think you are being unfair here. Tom has put several years of hard work into Boost, including preceding me as a Review Wizard, where he served for a few years, and managing a few reviews. I honestly believe that he is trying to start a discussion that he hopes will help Boost.
I am aware of Tom's contributions to boost. However, his claims that C++ is useless to graphics programming, people who learn C first are better programmers, etc. are: 1. Entirely opinion. 2. Entirely off topic for this list. 3. Incite impassioned responses from the otherwise smart and well-meaning members of this list.
This is classic troll bait, and has no place in this forum.
It may be uncommon in current US society, but I find it quite easy to strongly disagree with someone on some topic that is important to me, but still like and respect that person.
Please note that in claiming that these statements are troll bait, I have not made any insinuation of dislike or disrespect towards Tom. I believe the record will show that I never actually called anyone a troll. I simply pointed out the "baited" statements, and encouraged people to get back on topic. I chose not to engage in any of the inflammatory off-topic debate simply because I feel that it is the best way to get back on topic.
I encourage everyone to (re-)read the following, and try to keep future discussion useful to boost: http://www.boost.org/community/policy.html
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