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  • The Invention of C++ - Nice bit of net lore

    From the page: Well, one day, when I was sitting in my office, I thought of this little scheme, which would redress the balance a little. I thought 'I wonder what would happen, if there were a language so complicated, so difficult to learn, that nobody would ever be able to swamp the market... more

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  • Reviewed by sterioma on Oct 20, 8:18am

    Clearly fake, but hilarious.

  • Rated by benadamx on Oct 14, 11:17pm

    From the page: Well, one day, when I was sitting in my office, I thought of this little scheme, which would redress the balance a little. I thought 'I wonder what would happen, if there were a language so complicated, so difficult to learn, that nobody would ever be able to swamp the market with programmers?

  • Rated by Darkwarrior331 on Oct 05, 7:01pm

    Wow! i read it all, a well elaborated fake :)

  • Rated by everlord on Oct 02, 10:23am

    Not again...

  • Reviewed by whistlerny on Sep 25, 11:05am

    fake, i guess the commentary is really on overusage of OOP when something functional can achieve the same with less overheard. There is a good thread about that regarding git where Linus goes medieval on a poster for suggesting a switch to C++ to include some simple string manipulation lib.

  • Rated by pablodiazgutierr on Sep 14, 5:07pm

    This is a very well known fake interview where Stroustrup pretends that he invented the language half as a joke and half to keep programming hard and a highly paid job.

  • Rated by humaurtum06 on Sep 13, 6:47am

    Oh yes ! really.. this is such a creeping language.. that stroustrup guy must be killed.. :-)

  • Rated by allain on Sep 07, 8:12am

    This is obviously a fake.

  • Reviewed by sleeplessSeattle on Sep 02, 1:07pm

    the worldwide mainly used language developed on a joke? it was a very sucessful joke. i don't believe Stroustrup was sane in the interview.