To be fair, Rob's (like most of the Unix room) always disliked Java and C++. Bjarne was their colleague for a time. In this discussion on Java in 2004 http://

To be fair, Rob's (like most of the Unix room) always disliked Java and C++. Bjarne was their colleague for a time. In this discussion on Java in 2004 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.plan9/browse_thread/thread/5545339cd2b6b784/006fec195aeeff15?#006fec195aeeff15 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.plan9/browse_thread/t... object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing. -rob Or this one from the same year on manual pages ! http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.plan9/browse_thread/thread/959ea44f025f7800/96c87cea811d4d08?q=group%3Acomp.os.plan9+stroustrup+stormed&lnk=ol&#38 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.plan9/browse_thread/t...; when ken and i described the new features we were proposing for plan 9 C, including inherited structure elements, to bjarne stroustrup, he said, "if you want C++ you know where to find it." and stormed from the room. i don't think he understood exactly why we were proposing these features.