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- From: ccw@prefect.cc.bellcore.com (wood,christopher)
- Subject: Re: Pros and cons of C++
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 20:43:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.204308.24171@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
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- In article <1993Jan7.220253.3418@informix.com> cshaver@informix.com (Craig Shaver) writes:
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- [Question about the value of C++ trimmed]
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- >I will use it [C++] reluctantly. It is better than plain C only because of
- >classes and inheritance; the rest of the 'enhancements' being of
- >dubious value (IMnsHO).
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- ANSI function parameters, and parameter type checking are valuable.
- And declarations within a block, not just at the beginning, and
- assignment declarations (e.g. int count = 0;) are also an improvement
- over plain C. And I like function name overloading and user-defined
- operators.
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- >Craig Shaver (cshaver@informix.com for now) (415)390-0654 (415)926-6407
- >Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088
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- Chris Wood
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- Chris Wood Bellcore ...!bellcore!prefect!ccw
- or ccw@prefect.cc.bellcore.com
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