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- From: jahlstro@cisco.com (John Ahlstrom)
- Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.eiffel
- Subject: Re: SoftEng, United, Baggage, Denver
- Date: 1 Apr 1996 17:53:21 GMT
- Organization: cisco Systems, Incorporated
- Message-ID: <4jp56h$mhl@cronkite.cisco.com>
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- Mike Stark (michael.e.stark@gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
- : nrm@sei.cmu.edu (Nancy Mead) wrote:
- : >
- : >In article <4j9o5f$6sv@nuacht.iol.ie>, nmurphy@iol.ie (Niall Murphy) writes:
- : >|> cjames@melchizedek.cec-services.com (The Right Reverend Colin James
- : >|> III) wrote:
- : >|>
- : >|> ^
- : >|> >You are mistaken. C/C++ is much more susceptible to errors due to the
- : >|> >languages being write-once, among other reasons.
- : >|>
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- -- snip snip
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- : Folks --
-
- : I hate to admit it, but the Rt. Reverend is not making an outrageous
- : argument when he blames C++ for problems in a large software system
- : that controls mechanical devices. Yes, if your staff is well-trained
- : on how to use its tools the choice of language is less important. However, there are languages specifically designed for embedded s=
- : ystems (Ada, anyone?) or to support the maintenance of large systems via
- : the contract model for interfaces and inclusion of assertions in the
- : language (Eiffel, anyone?).
- : -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- : Michael Stark NASA/GSFC
- : Phone: (301) 286-5048 Code 552
- : Fax: (301) 286-0245 Greenbelt, MD 20771
- : e-mail: michael.e.stark@gsfc.nasa.gov
- : "I don't give them hell. I tell the truth and they THINK it's hell!"
- : -- Harry S. Truman
- : -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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-
- A colleague of mine after about 5 years with C and about 18 months with C++
- had to get himself a T-shirt made saying on the front:
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- C is Much Worse Than C++
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- and on the back:
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- C++ is Much Worse Than C
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