Re: object-oriented C programming
On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Jan Martin Mathiassen wrote:
> can someone tell me just what the fuck this bullshit is all about?
Religion? :)
> it's really fucking simple. some people program in C. some people program in
> C++. heck, some people program in pascal, and like it.
That's very true, and certainly the proper tool should be used for the
job. I don't see anyone here claiming that <insert favorite language
here> is good for all purposes.
> i started in pascal, and moved over to C++, and over time, i've tried my
> hands at pure C. gee. it almost looks like the same language, just with
> a slightly different syntax ... and? is it worth *all* this bullshit?
They are _not_ the same language, at least in the case of C++. That's the
point of this discussion. It started with a claim that one could do OO in
C, which is certainly true. One can do it in assembler or machine code as
well (after all, what else does a C++ compiler do?). The issue is why one
would _want_ to do this. OO languages are specifically designed to
support OO programming. Again, simply a matter of using the right tool
for the job. There are a lot of misunderstandings about OO in the C
community (it's slow, etc.) that I believe should be corrected.
-Dave
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