Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 14:53:19 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: "Eugene L. Vorokov" <vel@bugz.infotecs.ru>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: C vs C++ Message-ID: <p05101507b8aacd1342b5@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <200203051407.g25E7Cd67446@bugz.infotecs.ru> References: <200203051407.g25E7Cd67446@bugz.infotecs.ru>
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At 5:07 PM +0300 3/5/02, Eugene L. Vorokov wrote: >Hello, > >I have a small problem. I work for software development company and >write daemons and console tools for Unix. My boss wants everything >to be written in C++, because he thinks C++ is cool. I prefer C >for such tasks, but I cannot really put good arguments of why and >where C++ can be worse than C. I know many of you prefer C too. >Can you please explain some disadvantages of C++ comparing to C ? Anyone who thinks C++ is some kind of magic bullet because "it is cool" is just fooling themselves. You may be able to do some great stuff in C++, but only if you take the time to really learn the language, and it's pitfalls (so you know what to avoid). I prefer C over C++ because there is less there to "really learn". but this is probably one of those personal-preference things which is impossible for any one side to prove their position to any other side... -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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