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digitalmars.D - Re: I wish I could use D for everything

reply Paul D. Anderson <paul.d.removethis.anderson comcast.andthis.net> writes:
I've had a painful couple of days myself.

I've been coding in Java for the last several years, but am now working on a
project in C++. It had been a while (8 years?) since I did any serious C++ work
and I didn't do much then. So I bought a copy of "C++ for Java Programmers" and
got stuck in. Mostly what I do is write Java code in my head and transmogrify
it into C++, relying heavily on frequent compilation to let me know when I've
gone off the rails.

My lead comes by my desk the other day and (this could only happen in a large,
bureaucratic, schizophrenic corporation...) and he tells me that, in spite of
the fact that we are using a C++ development environment, we are not going to
actually USE C++, so everything needs to be rewritten in C.  ??!!

He described this as a "disconnect".

Welcome to 1999.

Paul


Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:

 I can't wait for D to take over the world, so I no longer have to write in  
 this horrid language ;)
 
 -Steve

Apr 30 2009
parent Steve Teale <steve.teale britseyeview.com> writes:
Paul D. Anderson Wrote:

 I've had a painful couple of days myself.
 
 I've been coding in Java for the last several years, but am now working on a
project in C++. It had been a while (8 years?) since I did any serious C++ work
and I didn't do much then. So I bought a copy of "C++ for Java Programmers" and
got stuck in. Mostly what I do is write Java code in my head and transmogrify
it into C++, relying heavily on frequent compilation to let me know when I've
gone off the rails.
 
 My lead comes by my desk the other day and (this could only happen in a large,
bureaucratic, schizophrenic corporation...) and he tells me that, in spite of
the fact that we are using a C++ development environment, we are not going to
actually USE C++, so everything needs to be rewritten in C.  ??!!
 
 He described this as a "disconnect".
 
 Welcome to 1999.
 
 Paul
 

May 01 2009