Re: C++

[Bahadir Balban]

address@hidden wrote:
> Right, you can use languages with more abstraction to hide some
> complexity. However, this also obscures the view on what is really
> happening, and limits possibilities. So abstraction is always a
> compromise.

Yes. Certainly.

> The problem with C++ is that IMHO the abstractions are very poor: they
> obscure a lot without really hiding much complexity...
>
> -antrik-

So why are you in favor of IDL compilers? To me that is also an 
abstraction that is a compromise. You could simply use a library with 
helper functions, and know what is going on, instead of design a whole 
system around compiler-generated communication idioms.

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Bahadir Balban