[Rivet] software design of rivet?

[Andy Buckley]

On 14/07/11 12:16, Hendrik Hoeth wrote:
> Thus spake Andy Buckley (andy.buckley at ed.ac.uk):
>
>> PS. I've been rather presumptuous and assumed that the rest of the
>> Rivet developers don't mind *me* offering my sw dev opinions! If
>> anyone else wants to express their love (?) for C++ in public, speak
>> up :)
>
> I think this assumption is a good one. You know that I agree with
> Bertrand Meyer: There are only two things wrong with C++. The initial
> concept and the implementation.

I'm with you on that one... note the Python and all the internal 
contortions to minimise the number of possible C++ pitfalls in analysis 
implementations! With infinite wisdom our community decided that C++ is 
a great language for physicist purposes, so we've got to live with the 
consequences :)

Andy

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