Re: OT: Why is C so popular?
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:20:16 +0200, Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> First convince me that object oriented programming results in maintainable
> and debuggable code, then convince me that C++ is a good implementation of
> OO, and then I might consider C++ instead of C. (I know not all the
> features of C++ are related to OO, but OO seems to be the main selling
> point of C++ vs C)
Who ever said that C++ was about OO? C++ is a quite usable OO language,
but it can also be used as a "better C", ignoring the non-imperative
parts. C++ doesn't force any academically interesting design decisions on
you. Stroustrup once called C++ a multiparadigm language, and that's what
it is. Strong imperative and OO facilities, but there are a few other
influences too (like generic aka templates).
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