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Re: The Most Important C++ People...Ever
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Posted: Sep 5, 2006 12:29 PM
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> > Are you just trolling, or would you care to come with > some > > justification of why you call the above "failures"?
> > I'm particularly interested in the part about the > > multi-paradigm design of C++, templates, STL, and > > Boost, which I think are all important contributions of > > C++ (or to C++), and to the field of computing.
> The list contains 'heavyweights' that had some impact on > C++ but also failed in critical aspects (while succeeding > in others). I'd expect one of the most important C++ > people ever to also discuss those failed aspects.
A feature having problematic aspects doesn't in itself make the feature as a whole failed. What I reacted to was that much of the list is considered successes in the community.
For a more productive discussion, maybe you could list some of those "failed aspects", then we can discuss them here?
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