>>>>> "Daz" == Daz <darrenp at bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> writes:
Daz> I think C++ is the best
Daz> general purpose programming language around. It's well supported,
Daz> a lot safer than C, more flexible, and allows a high level of
Daz> abstraction, or low level interaction if needed.
I wouldn't argue for a `best' language, but several things in this
thread show up C++ in a bad light against, for instance, Lisp, which
wins as above too: development time; tension between prototyping and
performance; lack of built-in data types; compiler/linker problems;
general clunkiness...
