Hi! On Wed Aug 27, 2003 at 07:12:35PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > and others. In the last few years, I switched over to C++. I have never > taken so long to write programs in my entire life as when I was coding > in C++. I spent far more time in design, and far more time debugging > than I ever had in C. So I went back to C. Now my C code looks like > a C++ programmer wrote it. But it's quicker to write. > > Plus, I don't and never have liked the iostreams. They're clunky > compared to printf() for most things. And exceptions are a pain in the > butt, and no one seems to have a definitive answer on when to and when > not to use them. > > Classes I love and inheritance I liked. But the public/private/protected > distinction in inherited classes is a pain to design and maintain. Plus > vtables and virtual classes and functions. And friend classes/functions. > C++ was supposed to allow a lot of code reuse. I haven't seen it, and I > don't think any language will ever practically deliver it. Go and read "Design Patterns: Elements Of Reusable Object-Oriented Software"[1]. It's THE book for developers who think like you. He, I was in your group, but after reading this book I was enlightened ;-) So long Thomas 1. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DesignPatternsBook -- .''`. Obviously we do not want to leave zombies around. - W. R. Stevens : :' : Thomas Krennwallner <djmaecki at ull dot at> `. `'` 1024D/67A1DA7B 9484 D99D 2E1E 4E02 5446 DAD9 FF58 4E59 67A1 DA7B `- http://bigfish.ull.at/~djmaecki/
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