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- Item 1998100 8-Feb-91 19:50PST
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- From: WICAT Wicat Systems, Michael Rossetti,PRT
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- To: MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
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- Sub: C++ is Inevitable
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- Yes, Mike Rossetti, die hard Object Pascal fan sez, "C++ is inevitable!"
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- It has to be so why not get on the bandwagon now and not get left in the dust.
- Do you think those new engineers at Apple are writing new system software in
- Object Pascal? Get real! Their using C++. Why do you think Apple was one of
- the first--if not the first--to have C++ 2.0 on their platform? That's right;
- so they could use it for system software.
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- I'd prefer to use Object Pascal but I'm gaining knowledge and experience with
- C++. C and C++ have a lot of problems but how else can we promulgate the
- software development 'priesthood' if our code is easily read? Object Pascal is
- usable by accolytes. C++ requires near gods. I've got my "The Annotated C++
- Reference Manual" (Ellis & Stroustrup) open in front of me and am readin how to
- tell if a piece of source code is a declaration or a function reference. For
- example, what does "void (X::* pmf) (int) = &X::f;" mean? I finally figured it
- out. You try.
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- But the tide is irresistable so jump on your C++ board and ride the wave.
- Pretty soon, Inside Macintosh will start appearing in C++ rather than
- Pascal--at least that's my belief. Perhaps as early as Sys 8, probably by Sys
- 9.
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- Mike Rossetti
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