C or C++ programming mutual assistance group(s) ?

[Grant Cullen]

Indeed.  I had a contract not too long ago where the correct choice of
language should have been C or C++.  The full timers did not know either.
The code was written in COBOL on UNIX.

Grant Cullen
JADALL Consulting Ltd.
grant.cullen-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
416-706-4447

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On Aug 16, 2004, at 6:00 AM, James McIntosh wrote:

> He claimed, without a lot of support, to be a C programmer himself,
> and he
> probably knew nothing of C++.

That's a common problem, sometimes based on logic and sometimes on
paranoia.

Setting a fairly low standard isn't a terrible idea in an environment
where a) there's going to be a lot of turnover, and b) you aren't in a
position to hire (or train) for excellence.  (Well, yes it is a
terrible idea, but within that context there may not be any better
ones.)  OTOH, there are people who think the definition of 'too
complicated' is 'that which they personally don't understand'.

When I started programming it seemed that every employer was a 'C shop'
or a 'Fortran shop' or a 'Cobol shop' and only developed with a
restricted set of tools.  It's been almost 20 years since I've
encountered a place like that.  I thought that selecting the best tool
for the job at hand had become universal, but maybe not.

........................
Phillip Mills
Multi-platform software development
(416) 224-0714

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