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From: thant@disney.com (Thant Tessman)
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Subject: Re: Beginner to C/C++ looking for some good books
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Date: 28 Aug 1995 20:04:43 GMT
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In article <DDowtJ.KL6@research.att.com>, ark@research.att.com writes:

> C++ is not philosophically unsound.  It is a consistent expression
> of the viewpoint that C programmers should not be forced to discard
> their existing code and knowledge in order to be able to program
> in a more abstract style.

In other words, C++ is philosophically unsound.

-thant

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