Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:55:36 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015970136.1faa95@mired.org> To: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1015904323.d82925@mired.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>, bts@babbleon.org Subject: Re: C vs C++ Message-ID: <15495.57816.98439.143709@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020307095141.A2889@energyhq.homeip.net> References: <LAW2-F145zHHwkqnpib00016ada_hotmail.com@ns.sol.net> <20020305164731.530B5BA03_i8k.babbleon.org@ns.sol.net> <200203061219.g26CJEJ61813@sheol.localdomain> <20020306191709.A55297@dragon.nuxi.com> <15494.57538.888210.658115@guru.mired.org> <20020307095141.A2889@energyhq.homeip.net>
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Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> types: > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 09:38:42PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > That is true. C++ is as ugly as C, but has all the problems of Object > > Orient Languages. > What are you smoking? :-) No language in this world fits OS development > better than C. IMHO is one of the most beautiful languages ever created. > It's simple, small and efficient. And it requires you to know what you > are doing, but I consider that a feature. C resembles assembler on many > of it's constructs. C makes a good portable assembler, and that's what I use it for. That makes it nearly OS development and systems level applications work. In other domains, this can be a serious problem. The only real problem with C is the type decleration syntax. C is the only language I've ever run into that someone - and someone bright, at that - felt the need to write a tool for explaining what a variable declaration meant, or one to translate from english to the language in question. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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