Subject: Re: [boost] C++ Manifesto
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-10 12:54:22


Edouard A. wrote:

> 3/I am pretty sure you are free to use whatever language you fancy for your
> projects. Meanwhile, the galaxies of the universe will continue an
> approximatively identical course. (personal advice: you should play with
> Scheme. It's a good language to learn)

The problem is that you need to provide some kind of guarantee that the
language is stable, supported, well-tested and somewhat durable.
Otherwise your code will have to fix the language or implementation
yourself, or rewrite everything in another language, meaning it ends up
costing more.