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On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:12 AM,  wrote:
> When they are promoting these sort of idioms, computer

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> scientists often look like the proverbial 'man with a

> hammer'.

>

> These things come and go, every year has its new crop.

> After the hype has settled down, they are usually

> forgotten.

>

it seems to me quite the opposite. most of these ideas are actually fairly

old. they just never got implemented in or were never supported by a widely

used language. i've seen very few "new" ideas show up in programming

languages, but what i am happy to see is the relatively careful integration

of some of the most useful and powerful idioms from other languages (lisp,

python and so forth) into a language where i can actually control precisely

what happens (C++). it turns out that there are two levels of care: first,

those responsible for the std:: namespace (and even boost:: to some extent),

and then myself as an individual programmer making choices about what to

use.
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When they are promoting these sort of idioms, computer

scientists often look like the proverbial 'man with a

hammer'.
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forgotten.it seems to me quite the opposite. most=

 of these ideas are actually fairly old. they just never got implemented in=

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 to see is the relatively careful integration of some of the most useful an=

d powerful idioms from other languages (lisp, python and so forth) into a l=

anguage where i can actually control precisely what happens (C++). it turns=

 out that there are two levels of care: first, those responsible for the st=

d:: namespace (and even boost:: to some extent), and then myself as an indi=

vidual programmer making choices about what to use.

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