Warp wrote:
>   Btw, often people wonder why C++ is so popular, given that there are
> so many "better" languages out there.

What's wrong with C++? I just found out how to make a dynamic 2d array 
and save numbers to a file via binary representation. The possibilities 
just opened up...

>   IMO one very important factor for the popularity of C++ is the staggering
> amount of libraries for it. Since almost all C libraries can be used in C++,
> the amount of available libraries is simply enormous.

A very big plus :)

>   This is, IMO, often one of the major killers for new languages: Lack of
> libraries. The language may be the most perfect language in the world, but
> if you don't have libraries to do what you want, it's almost useless.
> Nobody wants to reinvent the wheel for every little thing that has been
> already implemented to death by other people.

This is why I'm giving up Euphoria. It was great when I has DOS, but now 
that I have XP, the best graphics library I could find was a sucky 
Allegro implementation. Very buggy and wasteful, since the best it can 
do is a difficult version of triple buffering, and only in certain video 
modes. I used to arrive at a better result using only *one* virtual 
screen...

C++ is great. If I don't like a certain library, I can find a new one. 
My current favorites are SDL (for CA sims) and HGE (for games). Irrlicht 
looks promising, though I haven't played with it much.

Sam

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