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- From: Steven Hampson <steveh@jtec.com.au>
- Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Moving from C to C++
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 13:55:21 -0800
- Organization: Jtec Pty Ltd
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- Jim McFarland wrote:
- >
- > regi@cs.uidaho.edu (REGI JOHN ZACHARIAH) wrote:
- > >Jim McFarland (jgm6@orkand.em.cdc.gov) wrote:
- > >: that is the way it is. I have worked with many mediocre programmers who
- > >: have no interest to move to a new and better language or paradigm. I
- > >: think the folks who have willingly moved to C++ from C AND have actually
- > >: changed their mindset to embrace object-oriented technology are in the
- > >: minority. That is fine with me, because it makes it even easier for the
- > >: Jim
- > >
- >
- > didn't intend it. I was replying to another post which asked why C is
- > still being used if C++ is better. My comments on their own are taken
- > out of context. I was continuing their assumption of C++ being better
- > and my point, which I may not have gone across, is that most software
- > developers I have worked with tend to stick with what they know and
- > resist change, whether it is for the best or not. It is the minority who
- > strive to continually improve and seek new tools and techniques which
- >
-
-
- Perhaps there should be a distinction between the methodology and the tool
- used to achieve that methodology. There is a general shift to the ADT, OOT
- methodolgy, but this does not imply that there has to be a shift from C to C++.
- The best tool for the job is surely the tool that allows the job to be done best.
- This can be C, C++, Ada, Smalltalk, Assembler - whatever. Languauges should be
- chosen to fit the task at hand, not the other way round.
-
- Also note that over the years there have been quite a few different methodologies
- around, all claiming to be better than all others. Perhaps people have been "slow"
- to take up the OMT paradigm as they are just being cautious before they learn
- something new. Is this so bad??
-
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