David Freeman david_freeman@rocketmail.com writes:
Very True, but what method would you suggest instead of a clutch?
Continuously Varying Ratios, what else? People don't like them because they don't sound or behave like a "conventional" car, though.
Personally I think OO is very sensible, but everything needs to be OO, which Java and C++ aren't. Small talk I believe is the closest thing we have to a true OO langauge. [...]
Now this is why Ruby is attracting many compliments: everything is an object, so it is said. _Everything_. And it's been like that since the start. Anyone able to debunk those claims for me? ;-)
BBC basic was good for the reasons above, but bad cos it used goto's etc...
BBC BASIC *had* GOTO, but didn't *USE* it on its own ;-)