Not to refuel the compiler debate but I found this of interest in an=20
Amateur radio list:

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    Bjarne Stroustrup: "I Did It For You All..."
    <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AQRP/message/9183;_ylc=3DX3oDMTJvZWVlOW0=
0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzE3NzY1BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAM5MTgzBH=
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      Posted by: "John Fisher" k5jhf@sbcglobal.net
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      austinham75 <http://profiles.yahoo.com/austinham75>


        Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:01 am (PDT)

I must admit I liked this article, and still agree with a lot of it :-)

<http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/I_did_it_for_you_all=20
<http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/I_did_it_for_you_all>>

However it probably is a Hoax and the real article is here:

<http://public.research.att.com/~bs/ieee_interview.pdf=20
<http://public.research.att.com/%7Ebs/ieee_interview.pdf>>

It was a thought provoking experience though :-)

Regards,
John

John H. Fisher
k5jhf@sbcglobal.net <mailto:k5jhf%40sbcglobal.net>

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FWIW, My personal Compiler choice is Wirth's Pascal, followed by the=20
original c as described by K & R.
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