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   Chris Ahlstrom to All   
   Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Comput   
   04 Feb 26 08:45:52   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   ðŸ‡µðŸ‡±Jacek Marcin Jaworski🇵🇱 wrote this post by blinking in Morse   
   code:   
      
   > W dniu 3.02.2026 o 15:47, Chris Ahlstrom pisze:   
   >>> Summary: only silly apps can be write in JS (or in other scripting   
   >>> lang). Normal and professional programs must be written in compiling   
   >>> lang, like modern object-oriented C++.   
   >> Actually, Javascript is a decent language and even has some   
   >> object-oriented features. I had to use it pretty heavily in a   
   >> project at work years ago.   
   >   
   > That must be night mare! But apparently you gain some wisdom and decide   
   > to learn C++.   
      
   I started using C++ in the early 1990s. C in the mid 1980s.   
      
   > We have good proverb in polish which illustrate your   
   > experience:   
   > "Nie ma tego zÅ‚ego co by na dobre nie wyszÅ‚o."   
   > , in eng.:   
   > "There is not such evil which finally will not turn to be good".   
      
   I can think of a contrary example today.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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