Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 09:49:52 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: "Steve B." <steveb99@earthlink.net> Cc: "Eugene L. Vorokov" <vel@bugz.infotecs.ru>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C vs C++ Message-ID: <3C850540.EA8EDE0F@mindspring.com> References: <200203051407.g25E7Cd67446@bugz.infotecs.ru> <001201c1c464$06416fd0$f642d9cf@DROID>
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"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
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