Re: advantages of C

From: Willem (willem_at_stack.nl)
Date: 01/22/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 23:36:27 +0000 (UTC)

Corey wrote:
) Only if you're using a debugger that doesn't understand about name
) mangling. But gdb handles gnu C++ name mangling these days, doesn't it?

I guess. This was waybackwhen.

) Besides, an IDE is a much more friendly debugging interface. There are
) plenty of free ones around, so no reason I can see not to use one...

I only seem to get RSI from mousing, and not from keyboarding (except
games, that is), so that's a reasonably good reason.. :-)

) Yes, member hiding makes such tricks irrelevant. But more importantly
) inheritence allows for abstract interfaces, which achieve the above and
) so much more.

Weren't we discussing the benefits of C++ over C *besides* classes ?
I started out with the comment that classes were just about the only good
thing about C++.

) To emulate 'new' in C you basically have to create a builder function
) for each object type and each 'constructor' form. It's doable, but not
) what I would consider pretty.

Classes again. :)

SaSW, Willem 

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