points by raegis 4 days ago | 0 comments
> ...at times of the day when people who would oppose his point of view would likely be asleep.
Stroustrup is 75 years old. This is not only hard to believe because of his age, but also because it requires that people who oppose his views somehow have distinct sleeping patterns from ones who agree with his views. Weird, man.
[–] hdjrudni 4 days ago
[–] MFHava 4 days ago
> it's his language
It most definitely is not and hasn't been in decades.
A major problem is that some people still put his views on a pedestal, acting like he has a clean track record with his ideas, which he definitely has not - no language designer has ...
Not weird if they're mostly from different continents.
When I saw him a year or so ago he said he wasn't happy with how things were going, but never alluded to a coup. But it's his language, so good for him.