Re: Java or C++?

August Karlstrom wrote On 10/19/05 10:27,:
> Michael Jørgensen wrote:
>
>>Any language that does not explicitly support the concept of pointers and
>>(especially) pointer arithmetic would be (much) more robust than C/C++.
>
>
> One approach, taken by Oberon, is to isolate the low level code in
> special modules. From http://www.modulaware.com/mdlt49.htm:
>
> "For system-level programming, Oberon offers the pseudo module SYSTEM,
> which provides implementation and machine dependent operations. Modules
> which import SYSTEM are inherently unportable and unsafe but easily
> identified by the word SYSTEM in their import list. C++ allows the usage
> of system level operations without specially marking such programs. When
> porting programs from one machine to another, this might lead to
> unpleasant surprises and long debugging sessions."
>
>
> August

The C language also has that concept. You can identify programs that are
inherently unsafe by their being compiled with the command "cc".

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