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- From: Bradd W. Szonye <bradds@ix.netcom.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: RE: Does C++ distroy C?
- Date: 19 Apr 1996 09:37:25 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- On Tuesday, April 02, 1996, Dann Corbit wrote...
- > In article <4jpt1a$1q38@ns2.ryerson.ca>, asaporta@jupiter.scs.Ryerson.CA
- says...
- > >
- > >
- > > I would like to know the puplic opinion on this;
- > >
- > > Did the introduction of C++ into the C language distroy it or
- > >improved it. Was a monster created or a pussy cat.
- > >
- > > thnks in Adv.
- > C++ has not been introduced into the C language. C has borrowed some
- C++
- > concepts, such as requiring the prototyping functions, but they are
- different
- > languages. C++ was introduced into the C++ language.
- >
- > C++ won't kill C, Java won't kill C++. Why do you think there are still
- > FORTRAN and COBOL programs being written? Because, for the job at hand,
- > FORTRAN or COBOL is the best tool for the job. The invention of a new
- > tool rarely invalidates the old ones. It turns out that the new tool
- does
- > some things much better than the old ones. Then it gets used to do the
- > things it does better. The old tools continue to be used at jobs for
- which
- > they are the ideal solution. Some tools were never very useful to start
- > with, or very difficult to use. They are the ones that get thrown away.
- > --
- > The opinions expressed in this message are my own personal views
- > and do not reflect the official views of Microsoft Corporation.
- > In fact, I'm just a subcontractor, not an employee, so pull in your
- claws.
- >
- >
- Yep. Believe it or not, I'm 24 and I program professionally on C, C++,
- BASIC, and yes, even COBOL, although I only used LISP in school and never
- learned FORTRAN. (I think that covers all the all-caps languages).
-
- I actually heard somebody call C a "powerful language for handling
- strings."
- This person must never have used BASIC or COBOL. Old languages don't die;
- old programmers have heart attacks and die from Mountain Dew
- overconsumption.
-
- Maybe.
-
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