Kind of tough

Post #266,856 by broomberg 9/6/06 6:49:49 PM Reply	Kind of tough He's my new boss and directs my day by day activities. He's also the new systems designer now that I've been judged incompetent. Note: I've been reading "Data Structures with STL". [link\|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0130289272?v=glance\|http://www.amazon.co...30289272?v=glance] Decent book. Some stupid typoes, wordos (love it when someone adds a mispelled word to the spellcheck software), and typset-softwaros though. Done a bunch of examples, and am getting a bit more comfortable with C++. While the Perl->C drop in productivity would be about 100 to 1, Perl->C++/STL will be about 20 to 1.
Post #266,859 by tuberculosis 9/6/06 7:07:30 PM Reply	He's definitely not qualified Hope you're not paying him too much. [link\|http://www.blackbagops.net\|Black Bag Operations Log] [link\|http://www.objectiveclips.com\|Artificial Intelligence] [link\|http://www.badpage.info/seaside/html\|Scrutinizer]
Post #267,554 by Simon_Jester 9/14/06 5:50:54 PM Reply	C++ with STL isn't bad but can be VERY wordy....and const can drive you crazy. There are 2 other books, I'd recommend [link\|http://www.amazon.com/C%2b%2b-Standard-Library-Tutorial-Reference/dp/0201379260/sr=1-1/qid=1158270515/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4268238-1448904?ie=UTF8&s=books\|http://www.amazon.co...4?ie=UTF8&s=books] and [link\|http://www.amazon.com/STL-Tutorial-Reference-Guide-Programming/dp/0201379236/sr=1-3/qid=1158270515/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-4268238-1448904?ie=UTF8&s=books\|http://www.amazon.co...4?ie=UTF8&s=books] But, C++ with STL allows most of the data constructs that PERL allows (just not the RE and modules. <sigh>)
Post #267,556 by broomberg 9/14/06 6:20:06 PM Reply	No it doesn't But, C++ with STL allows most of the data constructs that PERL allows (just not the RE and modules. <sigh>) Or if it did, it is so damn picky and wordy and painful to get from point A to point B it is just not worth it. Note: Boost libs have REGEXP but it pretty much sucks. At least a dozen lines of error prone C++ code for every line of Perl code. <sigh back> Ahh, screw it. I'll do the best I can until something better comes along.
Post #267,557 by admin 9/14/06 6:30:58 PM Reply	STL is insane. What a POS. Picky, wordy, finicky... everything you don't want in a library that's supposed to make things easier to do. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #267,601 by tuberculosis 9/15/06 12:17:33 AM Reply	I am rather amused at how the C++ world has latched onto extensive use of templates to get a primitive form of duck typing - even though they insist that duck typing is dangerous and error prone. [link\|http://www.blackbagops.net\|Black Bag Operations Log] [link\|http://www.objectiveclips.com\|Artificial Intelligence] [link\|http://www.badpage.info/seaside/html\|Scrutinizer]
Post #267,602 by admin 9/15/06 12:18:47 AM Reply	Too bad it doesn't die like a duck... Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #267,607 by drewk 9/15/06 12:46:07 AM Reply	You know they don't echo? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #267,637 by broomberg 9/15/06 10:16:48 AM Reply	C++ regex SUCKS!!!!!! [link\|http://www.boost.org/libs/regex/doc/\|http://www.boost.org/libs/regex/doc/]

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