Re: C vs. C++

On Jan 12, 6:19 am, beggars.banq...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi everybody
No trolling here, but I just thought C++ was just object oriented C
but I was recently surprised to learn that C was much more used in
numerical, computational physics. So here's my question : why would C
be better for this kind of programming.


People have made arguments along the lines of using "std::vector" will
result in more bloated, slower code.

When you compare C and C++ and talk about using the C++ Standard
Library, you're not comparing the languages at all but merely
comparing the languages as they tend to be used by a lot of people.

There's nothing in the C++ Standard that says you have to use
std::vector instead of an array.

I, for one, program in C++ but I prefer procedural programming a lot
of the time. Plus I can't remember the last time I used "std::vector",
I use arrays instead.

C++ is C with more features added, and is inherently better. The
downside is that there's less compilers available. Sure, if you use
the C++ Standard Library to do stuff, you /might/ end up with less
efficient code, but you'd be surprised at how well written the C++
Standard Library tends to be.
.

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