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- From: cshaver@informix.com (Craig Shaver)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: C/C++ Correctness (was: Re: C/C++ Speed)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.171649.7249@informix.com>
- Date: 12 Jan 93 17:16:49 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.224238.22152@csservices.Princeton.EDU> blume@kastle.Princeton.EDU (Matthias Blume) writes:
- >The question should be: are programs written in C++ more reliable than those
- >written in C. I serioulsy doubt that!
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- >The sad truth is, however, that almost everybody seems to believe in C++
- >nowadays... :( C++ will not be the solution to the current software crisis --
- >it will be the cause of the next one.
-
- You hit the nail on the head! C++ is really a niche language that is gaining
- momentum on the back of C as an improved C. The tech #$%@!'s are pushing it
- into low level projects where it does not belong (safety and speed problems),
- and into high level applications where there are not enough bodies that
- understand it and can maintain it. C++ could be used to build tools for
- application programmers, but even that use is dubious IMHO :*].
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- >
- >-Matthias
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