Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:14:45 -0300 From: Cesar Mello <cmello@gmail.com> To: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> Cc: Ryan Sommers <ryans@gamersimpact.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To C++ or not to C++ Message-ID: <c0ee48c5050624091462fcb4a2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42BC248D.8060206@pacific.net.sg> References: <2140.66.166.104.222.1119623653.squirrel@66.166.104.222> <42BC248D.8060206@pacific.net.sg>
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Go for C++ and keep your C APIs hidden. Automatic resource acquisition, the standard template library and exception handling work great and will allow you to write very clean code. If you haven't done this yet, buy a copy of "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup and "C++ Coding Standards" by Herb Sutter, that changed my life drastically. hehe In the other hand, if you have seen MFC, forget everything you know as C++ and go buy those books. [] Mello 2005/6/24, Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>: > > Hi, > > Ryan Sommers wrote: > > > > Anyway, without getting into too much detail. Anyone had to make this > > choice on a project? What were your thoughts in retrospect? What would > you > > have done different, what would stay the same... > > > No matter what kind of project I did after the C++ hype was over it was > in C++ with as little as object orientation as possible just to make use > of the advantages compilers offer for C++. > > You need one or more interfaces to plain C libraries. > > You should see pretty fast where you better switch to C++ as long as you > keep this clear line to C libraries always intact. > > You also should draw a clear line if your programs will be called from > others. Draw the same clear line between C and C++ to avoid confusion > and stick with plain C as much as possible. > > Never forget, many of the object orientated principles also work with > plain C. > > Erich > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >help
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