Re: C or C++

Måns Rullgård writes:
While C++ is a powerful language, it takes some skill to use it properly
and create a mess.

I wrote:
While it is true that it takes some skill to create a large mess with C++,
any programmer can use it to create a small one. What takes great skill is
not creating any mess at all.

Måns Rullgård writes:
I think I lost a "not" somewhere along the way. Just in case that wasn't
obvious.

It was obvious. My attempt at humor evidently was not.
--
John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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