From: Ellen K. 

Isn't it ironic that its ancestor was C which was very small!   (One of
the things I liked best about C!)

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 17:19:13 -0500, Mike N. 
wrote in message :

>On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:53:43 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote:
>
>>C++ is an amazing language, if only MS would make the windows OS as flexible
>>I'd be in sheep heaven..
>
>   A good way to understand exploits is to spend time plenty of time with
>the debugger in mixed (Source+assembly) view on your applications.  Note
>how/where variable data is stored and why overflows are possible.
>
>    It's fairly straightforward to get a good working knowledge of C++ in 2
>to 4 courses.   To understand all the arcane details of the full ANSI
>implementation would take longer.   You can easily get by without all the
>finer details but it is easier to understand others' code since they may
>have used a wider subset of the language.
>
> The term 'Language Lawyer' is fully appropriate to completely understand
>C++.  (And to think some of the same people used to sneer at ADA because
>the language was 'large'.   C++ specs make ADA look simple.)

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