Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Interesting Conversation

On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Nikhil Joshi wrote:

I had a conversation with my B.E. comp friend about Linux. Basically he is doing a project in VC++

tell your friend that VC++ is not a language. C++ is a language, you can do C++ in linux. Also, tell your friend that if he still programs in VB, there's something wrong with him.

If he's using MFC in C++, then his programs won't work because the M in MFC doesn't cooperate. Tell him it also won't work on any system that doesn't have M's hand in it - which means his code will work only on Windows - ie, he's locking himself in to one vendor.

I can only imagine what it must be like for Arts/Commerce/ ppl to understand what is Linux

much easier, since they haven't been exposed to bad habits yet.