On 01/02/2015 12:01, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:

>>
>> Not true. Even if I cannot join in the conversations, I enjoy reading
>> them. It is educational.
>
> Really?

Yes.

> Heh, and here I was thinking I just get trolled by Warp because
> C++ is clearly better.
>

Is it?

> (Does it scare anyone else that I don't know C++ yet I get paid to
> produce commercial applications in C++?)
>

Well done! That man. :-)

> My favourite one to show people is the 400-line C++ module I wrote in
> our application, and the corresponding 10-line Haskell function that
> does the same thing and is drastically easier to read. Unsurprisingly,
> my boss is unswayed by this. (But most other people are like "OMG, ARE
> YOU SERIOUS??! How some it's so much shorter? Haskell must be really
> powerful. I guess nobody here would ever be able to understand it...")
>

Well I don't. :-(

>> Did you go to Blackpool this year?
>
> Yeah, I was at Blackpool for 2014. We got 4th place again - but unlike
> the previous time, there were actually some contestants to compete
> against, so it felt like more of an achievement. Oh, and last night I
> got presented with my latest dance exam award. (Not that my partner was
> around... I seriously think she's got bored of me. I never seen to see
> her anymore...)
>

Toss her aside and get a young one. ;-)

>> It is only fair that you spread yourself around. :-P
>
> Like peanut butter?
>

Perve! :-P


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Regards
     Stephen

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