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- From: mayan@rios5.watson.ibm.com (Mayan Moudgill)
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Moving from C to C++
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 21:39:03 GMT
- Organization: IBM T. J. Watson Research
- Message-ID: <4d401n$h61@watnews2.watson.ibm.com>
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- In article <4cvebi$f0n@news.iconn.net>, The Crow <thecrow@iconn.net> wrote:
- >>
- > I have a book written in 1988, that says C++ is begenning to replace C
- >already. This is the computer industry, what the hell is going on? Why isnt C
- >dead yet when c++ does all and more? I'm not really upset or anything, I just
- >dont understand.
- >--
-
- Here's a thought -
- In what way is C++ (percieved to be) better than Smalltalk or CLOS?
- - more efficient
- - more portable
- - more available
- - better history (or less historical baggage)
- - more people know it
-
- In what way is C better than C++?
- - more efficient
- - more portable
- - more available
- - better history (or less historical baggage)
- - more people know it
-
- C++ seems to be a compromise between the low-level/close-to-the-machine
- philosophy of C, and the very-high-level/closer-to-the-programmer view
- of Smalltalk/CLOS.
-
- IMHO, its not a very good compromise - I've yet to see some reason why
- I would settle for C++ rather than one of the other two.
-
- :)
- Mayan
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