nemesis wrote:
> C++ has always evolved by the exact opposite, by going from a simple C with
> Objects preprocessor to a Java/C# wannabe now and everything in-between
> (Haskell, Python etc).

Which might not be so bad, except for the insistence that they add no actual 
runtime support for any of it. So every feature is implemented half-assed, 
with the other butt-cheek left to the programmer to fill in, lest you wind 
up with a program that sits crooked.  And heaven forbid any actual useful 
application-level libraries be standardized. :-)

> There's only one other language that also evolves by continual absorption.  That
> being Perl, which still hasn't got anywhere near complete in the 6th revision,
> started about 1 decade ago.  It's hard to keep up with all that barroque
> counterpoint.

Yeah, I don't like Perl either. ;-)

On the other hand, I've decided that Python 3.x has finally surpassed Tcl in 
terms of the capabilities that I use on a normal daily basis. It finally 
supports unicode cleanly, multithreading, event programming, multiple 
embedded interpreters, wrapped scripts, and so on. It actually does a lot 
more than Tcl, and did, but it was missing some of my must-have features 
which is now has in 3.x.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   My fortune cookie said, "You will soon be
   unable to read this, even at arm's length."

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