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- From: drogers@grizzly.cs.washington.edu (David Rogers)
- Subject: Re: C or C++?
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- Date: Mon, 1 Jan 1996 09:28:14 GMT
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- Greg DiGiorgio (nngis@norfolk.infi.net) wrote:
- : *** If you stick to hardware as is probable in a CE degree, I think
- : *** you'll benefit more from learning 'C' than C++. You see, C is much
- : *** more portable than C++ and compiles into smaller code than does C++.
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- More portable I would agree with, since we have to consider micro-
- controllers and the like. But "smaller code" is not true. Au contraire,
- I would expect that state of the art optimization will be more available
- with C++ compilers. Otherwise, I agree 100% with your comments.
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- David
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