Re: C++ Versus C (Was Re: Java Versus gtk)

[Callum Prentice <admin callum com>]

> when I program something in Ada it works pretty much the first time.

well of course - that was the mandate from the ministry of defence when ada was selected as
the language of choice - you had to be able to write, oh say, a million lines of code and have
it pretty much work first time.

just last week, i tried to do write the same million lines in C then C++ and got lots of
errors.  ;-)



--- mrada <mrada catalina-inter net> wrote:
> I am frankly amazed at all of this discussion about safety and robustness.  I still think
> Ada 95 is still a better language for this than C or C++.  It may be more terse and verbose
> than the other two, however, when I program something in Ada it works pretty much the first
> time.  C code forget about it.  Too many cycles of debugging to get it right.  C++ is more
> like a screwy cross between keeping C and mangling it with OOP.  Just hate the syntax.  Just
> my $0.02, sooooo please don't flame war me! :-)
>
> I actually do appreciate all of the effort the "C" coders do to provide technology to those
> of us non-conformers!  I just get tired of the bugginess that seems to be inherent in C/C++
> software.  Lets not mention Java....
>
> Chris
>
> > > Clearly that code is not as robust nor safe (or probably even correct)
> > > but I just wanted to show that C can be almost a flexible as C++.  
> >
> > I'm sorry,
> >      I know this thread is getting pretty carried away and all,
> > I'm just surprised that you use the word "almost", in what way
> > can C++ be more flexable ?
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >                               -Tristan
> >
> >
> > PS:
> >      Maybe I should read some paper on "why was C++ invented", (anyone
> > have a pointer to that ?) all I've got so far is "to have a C flavor
> > of OOP *language*", and we already know that we can achive OOP using
> > libraries and alot of boilerplate code.  When we found out how usefull
> > <string.h> was; we didn't invent a new compiler.
> >
> >
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