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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Please don't shoot me (newbie question)
- Date: 17 Apr 1996 06:52:55 -0700
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- In article <3174E964.3D2B@dbs.demos.su>,
- Alexey Ruzin <00alex@dbs.demos.su> wrote:
- >Tom Metzger wrote:
- >>
- >> I just started lurking here, so please don't shoot me if this has been asked
- >> a hundred times before, but....
- >>
- >> Can someone explain to me, in clear terms, what the difference is between
- >> C and C++ ? Everytime I've asked someone, the answer is so cryptic, it's
- >> not funny.
- >>
- >> Thanks in advance,
- >> Tom
- >
- >Hi, Tom
- >
- >I don't think that i can clearly explain difference between C & C++, but
- >I hope I can show some advantages of C++.
- >
- >1. C++ inherit C (practically all is written on C will be compiled
- > with C++ compiler)
-
- That is not really true. Aside from keyword conflicts, there are certain
- concepts that look the same, but are really different in C++. Certain semantics
- with respect to void pointers and such, for instance.
-
- >P.S.
- >What is hard to do with C -> do with C++ :)
-
- Really? You mean C++ can help me improve the complexity of solving the
- Travelling Salesman Problem? Or factoring large integers? ;)
- --
- I'm not really a jerk, but I play one on Usenet.
-