Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 13:25:32 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@alpha.yumyumyum.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Steve B." <steveb99@earthlink.net>, "Eugene L. Vorokov" <vel@bugz.infotecs.ru>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: C vs C++ Message-ID: <20020305132457.A4700-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <3C850540.EA8EDE0F@mindspring.com>
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Why are you being so sarcastic? Everyone here is assuming that it's harder to write C++ code, so you should only use it if necessary. It isn't necessary to use it for something like a daemon. Ken On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > "Steve B." wrote: > > I take a simplistic view after years of C++. > > > > C++ is good for large projects that need to be maintained into the future. > > Then the advantages of OO starts to kick in. For small projects that won't > > change much then C is the better choice IMO. > > Wow. Forgot this disadvantage of C++, too. > > Yeah, it's difficult to write code that someone else > couldn't come in and maintain after it was done. This > means that the normal rules about "write important code > and you have a job forever" no longer apply. 8-(. > > -- Terry > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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