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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
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