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- From: jsa@organon.com (Jon S Anthony)
- Subject: Re: Moving from C to C++
- In-Reply-To: JEThomas@ix.netcom.com's message of 27 Jan 1996 17:50:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <JSA.96Jan29134029@organon.com>
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- <JSA.96Jan25183150@organon.com> <4edolu$r53@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 18:40:29 GMT
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- In article <4edolu$r53@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> JEThomas@ix.netcom.com (Jonah Thomas) writes:
-
- > >OK, I'm willing to say it often can be "good enough" (but not
- > >excellent). But, if push came to shove there are others that fit
- > >Matt's bill much more closely than C++. Either Ada or Eiffel would be
- > >a much "better" choice (closer impedance match covering all your
- > >points). BTW, where in the draft ANSI C++ RM is thread safety or even
- > >the semantics of thread interaction with all its other features defined,
- > >hmmm?
- >
- > C++ has a tremendous advantage when scheduling speed is required.
- > Suppose you're managing a shell of a company and you get a big government
- > software contract on November 1. If you choose C++ you can call the
- > recruiters and by November 10 have 250 coders at their desks coding, with
- > experienced C++ project managers writing specifications to match the
-
- Where's the ":-)"? I get a contract on day x and day x+10 I have a wodge
- of C++ "coders" hacking out the "program". That sounds about like what one
- would expect from the infamous "C/C++ mentality". 1/2 :-)
-
- /Jon
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