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.=20 Automatic resource acquisition, the standard template library and exceptio= n=20 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"= =20 by Bjarne Stroustrup and "C++ Coding Standards" by Herb Sutter, that change= d=20 my life drastically. hehe In the other hand, if you have seen MFC, forget everything you know as C++= =20 and go buy those books. [] Mello 2005/6/24, Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>:=20 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > 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= =20 > 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++. >=20 > You need one or more interfaces to plain C libraries. >=20 > You should see pretty fast where you better switch to C++ as long as you > keep this clear line to C libraries always intact. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Never forget, many of the object orientated principles also work with > plain C. >=20 > 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= " >
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