The talk starts off with “If you’re arguing, you’re losing.” — Mike Thomas No, no, no. A shouting match doesn't help anybody. A civilized exchange of arg

The talk starts off with “If you’re arguing, you’re losing.” — Mike Thomas No, no, no. A shouting match doesn't help anybody. A civilized exchange of arguments does. And the establishment of evaluation criteria is a very good basis for listening to the other. The not-arguing approach often times results in "let me show the merits of my technology without listening to your requirements / evaluation criteria". C is different from C++ because it targets different use cases. So it needs to be evaluation in the context of use cases. End of story.